Strengthening the Pillars of Cardiovascular Health: Psychological Health is a Crucial Component

HomeCirculationVol. 149, No. 9Strengthening the Pillars of Cardiovascular Health: Psychological Health is a Crucial Component No AccessArticle CommentaryRequest AccessFull TextAboutView Full TextView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toNo AccessArticle CommentaryRequest AccessFull TextStrengthening the Pillars of Cardiovascular Health: Psychological Health is a Crucial Component Allison E. Gaffey, Bruce L. Rollman and Matthew M. Burg Allison E. GaffeyAllison E. Gaffey Correspondence to: Allison E. Gaffey, PhD, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, New Haven, CT 06510. Email E-mail Address: [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2960-2772 Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) (A.E.G., M.M.B.), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven (A.E.G., M.M.B.). , Bruce L. RollmanBruce L. Rollman https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2937-7464 Center for Behavioral Health, Media, and Technology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA (B.L.R.). and Matthew M. BurgMatthew M. Burg https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1263-2385 Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) (A.E.G., M.M.B.), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Department of Anesthesiology (M.M.B.), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven (A.E.G., M.M.B.). Originally published26 Feb 2024https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.066132Circulation. 2024;149:641–643FootnotesThe opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the editors or of the American Heart Association.For Sources of Funding and Disclosures, see page 643.Circulation is available at www.ahajournals.org/journal/circCorrespondence to: Allison E. Gaffey, PhD, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, New Haven, CT 06510. Email allison.gaffey@yale.eduREFERENCES1. 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