How are anxiety and heart disease associated with each other?
Anxiety and heart disease have long been associated with each other. Studies and medical researchers have linked anxiety disorder with heart diseases and strokes. One such study called the Nurses’ Health Study found that women having phobic anxiety were 59 percent more prone to experience a heart attack. The study also concluded that women with a high level of anxiety are 31 % more likely to die from heart attack as compared to those with low anxiety level. Further, data from Women's Health Initiative which studied 3,300 postmenopausal women showed that women with panic attack experiences in the past are three times more prone to a coronary event or stroke.
Two separate studies conducted by individual medical colleges and research centers showed that men and women who have some form of heart disease and suffering from stress and anxiety are twice prone to having a heart attack.