Journal of integrative cardiology

Attitudes of inner city patients with cardiovascular disease towards meditation.

Journal of integrative cardiology March 10, 2016 Amit J Shah, Robert J Ostfeld

Objectives: Meditation is a stress reduction intervention that is of potential benefit to patients with cardiovascular disease, but its interest in inner city cardiology patients is unknown. We surveyed patients at an inner city cardiology clinic about their interest in learning meditation and the impact of stress on their lifestyles. Methods: A survey was distributed to 215 consecutive...