Word: verrier
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Verrier said he is "cautions" in applying the experiment's results to humans. "If it is transferable," he said, "the conclusion is that psychological stress factors such as anxiety or fear affect the stability of human cardiac rhythm to a greater degree than we expected...
...previously thought that psychological factors might cause a heart attack, Verrier said. The new findings on dogs, he said, represent the first definite measurement of those effects of the nervous system on the heart...
...Verrier said that in future experiments the research team will try to find exactly how the neural mechanism works on the heart and what treatment is effective in preventing heart failure. He said it may be possible to develop drug or psychological therapy to strengthen the heart through the nervous system...
...general," Verrier said, "it's important physicians become more aware of the role of the nervous system in heart care. They should concern themselves more with the mental well-being and anxieties of the patient...
...know that psychological stress has an important effect," Verrier said. "Now for the first time we can systematically study that effect on cardiac rhythms and with our model, try to devise approaches to therapy in humans...