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Psychosomatic Medicine, Vol 39, Issue 3 188-192, Copyright © 1977 by American Psychosomatic Society

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Human contact and cardiac arrhythmia in a coronary care unit

JJ Lynch, SA Thomas, DA Paskewitz, AH Katcher and LO Weir

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.


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