Background In patients with heart failure (HF), depression and anxiety disorders are
common and associated with adverse outcomes such as reduced adherence to treatment …

Anxiety and its associated disorders are common in patients with cardiovascular disease
and may significantly influence cardiac health. Anxiety disorders are associated with the …

Background Epidemiological studies have repeatedly investigated the association between
anxiety and hypertension. However, the results have been inconsistent. This study aimed to …

The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) is known to play a pivotal role in short-and long-term
regulation of different functions of the cardiovascular system. In the past decades increasing …

This study investigated heart rate variability (HRV) in healthy volunteers that were selected
for extreme scores of trait anxiety (TA), during two opposite psychophysiological conditions …

Depression and anxiety occur at high rates among patients suffering an acute coronary
syndrome (ACS). Both depressive symptoms and anxiety appear to adversely affect in …

Thermal infrared imaging has been proposed, and is now used, as a tool for the non-contact
and non-invasive computational assessment of human autonomic nervous activity and …

Abstract Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) are frequently present in the general
population as patients age with approximately a third of individuals experiencing LUTS …

The public health burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is high both in terms of economic
and social costs. Key modifiable factors identified for CVD prevention include health …

Endothelial dysfunction and autonomic nervous system dysfunction are both risk factors for
atherosclerosis. There is evidence demonstrating that there is a close interrelationship …