| Stress is a psychological and physiological response to | | | | function. |
| events that upset our personal balance in some way. | | | | Mental stress can have marked effects on |
| Mental stress is associated with increased risk for | | | | endothelium-dependent, flow-mediated vasodilation in |
| cardiovascular events, possibly because of acute | | | | healthy, normal individuals. The effect of mental stress |
| increases in endogenous catecholamines. Brachial | | | | and its associated changes in sympathetic activation |
| artery flow-mediated vasodilation has been used for | | | | on brachial artery endothelium-dependent vasomotor |
| noninvasive assessment of macrovascular endothelial | | | | tone. There is no treatment for mental stress is |
| function. It is caused by catecholamine-induced | | | | because like physical stress, in mental stress there is |
| increases in heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) | | | | no proper symptoms visible in the body. There is no |
| that result in enhanced myocardial oxygen demand. | | | | strict rule as to treat a person with mental stress |
| Severe stress reactions can result from a | | | | based upon the physical symptoms. While speaking to |
| catastrophic event or intense experience such as a | | | | the person with mental stress, we will be able to |
| natural disaster, sexual assault, life-threatening accident, | | | | understand to some extend the source of the stress |
| or participation in combat. Recently, brachial artery | | | | and the stressor. Kertesz recommended that |
| flow-mediated vasodilation has been used for | | | | treatment programs determine at intake whether |
| noninvasive assessment of macrovascular endothelial | | | | clients are chronically homeless. |