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PSYCHOLOGICAL stimulation affects the normal cardiac function in man, causing tachycardia and vascular spasms; if these continue for a sufficiently long time, they may become, according to some workers, very important factors in the pathogenesis of some cardiovascular diseases1. We have studied the effect of repeated stimulation on the hearts of laboratory animals.
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MASCITELLI-CORIANDOLI, E., BOLDRINI, R. & CITTERIO, C. Cardiac Damage caused by Experimental Stress. Nature 181, 1215–1216 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811215a0
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