American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 108, Issue 1 , Pages 29-33 , 1 July 2011

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Coronary Atherosclerosis, and Mortality

  • Naser Ahmadi, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Greater Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of California–Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
    • ,
  • Fereshteh Hajsadeghi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
    • ,
  • Hormoz B. Mirshkarlo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Greater Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of California–Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Matthew Budoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
    • ,
  • Rachel Yehuda, PhD

      Affiliations

    • James J Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Ramin Ebrahimi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Greater Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of California–Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 310-268-3109; fax: 310-268-4178

Received 30 December 2010 ,Revised 24 February 2011 ,Accepted 24 February 2011.

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PII: S0002-9149(11)01138-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.02.340

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 108, Issue 1 , Pages 29-33 , 1 July 2011

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