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Human contact and cardiac arrhythmia in a coronary care unit
Psychosomatic Medicine
|May 1, 1977
Abstract:
In a sample of 225 coronary care patients it was observed that a significant reduction in ventricular arrhythmias occurred following pulse palpation. These data suggest that significant changes in ventricular arrhythmia can occur as a result of even minimally arousing psychosocial interactions.