ArticleJournal of cardiovascular ultrasound2017
Impact of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Therapy on Myocardial Function and Endothelial Dysfunction in Female Patients with Microvascular Angina.
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- Effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions on inflammaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Biogerontology · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of enrolment criteria and treatment efficacy for microvascular angina.EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025Pooled it
- Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of mindfulness training on antenatal blood pressure.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2023Trial
- Mindfulness-based intervention in patients with persistent pain in chest (MIPIC) of non-cardiac cause: a feasibility randomised control study.Open heart · 2022Trial
- Stroke in Young Adults: An Overview and Non-Pharmacological Preventive Strategies.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction and Vasospastic Angina-Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Strategies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Three potential neurovascular pathways driving the benefits of mindfulness meditation for older adults.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Review
- Mindfulness-based stress reduction combined with early cardiac rehabilitation improves negative mood states and cardiac function in patients with acute myocardial infarction assisted with an intra-aortic balloon pump: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundMindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a structured group program that employs mindfulness meditation to alleviate suffering associated with physical, psychosomatic, and psychiatric disorders. In this study, we investigate the impact of MBSR on left ventricular (LV) and endothelial function in female patients with microvascular angina.
methodsA total of 34 female patients (mean age 52.2 ± 13.8 years) diagnosed with microvascular angina underwent a MBSR program with anti-anginal medication for 8 weeks. The global longitudinal strain (GLS) of the LV was used as a parameter to assess myocardial function and reactive brachial flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) was used to assess endothelial function. Symptoms were analyzed by the Symptom Checklist 90 Revised to determine emotional stress. Changes in GLS and FMD between baseline and post-MBSR were analyzed.
resultsAfter 8 weeks of programmed MBSR treatment, stress parameters were significantly decreased. In addition, GLS (-19.5 ± 2.1% vs. -16.6 ± 2.5%,
conclusionMBSR has beneficial impacts on myocardial and endothelial function in female patients with microvascular angina.
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