Are emotional attitudes toward symptoms and inadequate coping strategies major determinants of patient delay in acute myocardial infarction?
Emotional attitudes to AMI symptoms and inadequate coping strategies are the major determinants of patient decision delay. They should be considered as a key factor in patient and public education. Modification of these emotional factors might best be achieved by an individualized approach.
Colitis altered the course of the motilin-induced smooth muscle contraction in the antrum. This involved changes in the kinases phosphorylating MLC. Increased cholinergic excitability to motilin in the antrum may play a role in the pathogenesis of inflammation-associated gastric motility disorders.