Spotlight on the relationship between heart disease and mental stress
Research on the correlation between mental stress and heart disease has been ongoing for many years, and the association between the two has mainly focused on autonomic function.[1] More than 20 years...
Cardiac pauses in critically ill Coronavirus Disease-2019 patients
Importance: Coronavirus disease 2019 is associated with a variety of arrhythmias. However, there are limited data regarding bradyarrhythmias and cardiac pauses in COVID-19. Objective: Th...
Impact of rumination on severity and persistence of anxiety and depression in cardiac patients
Background: Anxiety and depression are common after an acute cardiac event. While many studies have investigated the predictors of anxiety and depression, few have focused on the role of rumina...
Reel syndrome: A rare case of pacemaker malfunction
Displacement of leads due to coiling around the pacemaker in the sagittal axis can result in Reel syndrome. Rotation of pulse generator can be due to self-manipulation, ratchet-like mechanism, or due ...
Emergency mitral valve replacement in dextrocardia with situs inversus totalis: Surgeon's dilemma of mirror image
Situs inversus totalis denotes that the heart and all body organs are the mirror image of one another. Understanding the surgical anatomy is crucial for the proper surgical plan, as the surgeon needs ...
Heart and Mind, a publication of the China International Medical Foundation (CIMF) and the Asia-Pacific institute of Psycho-Cardiology Research, is an international peer reviewed journal with Quarterly print on demand compilation of issues. The journal’s full text is available online at http://www.heartmindjournal.org. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted versions of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository. The journal focuses on relationships between cardiovascular diseases and mental/psychological disorders, as well as their relationship and interaction with other diseases, environmental and lifestyle factors.