A 75-year-old woman with congestive heart failure complains that her condition gets worse when she worries and is under a lot of stress.
- Related the effects stress has on the neuroendocrine control of cardiovascular function and its possible relationship to a worsening of the woman’s congestive heart failure.
- She tells you that she dealt with much worse stresses when she was younger and never had any problems. How do explain this?