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Psychological stress, risk factors, and cardiovascular disease. Acute episodes of mental stress superimposed on chronic stress influence the cardiovascular stress response involving autonomic dysfunction, cardiometabolic dysfunction, endothelial dysfunction, and inflammatory pathways. These pathways are modulated by cardiac risk factors leading to adverse cardiovascular outcomes.
