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| Yori GidronSummaryAffiliation: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Country: Israel Publications
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Bus commuters' coping strategies and anxiety from terrorism: an example of the Israeli experienceY Gidron
Department of Sociology of Health, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
J Trauma Stress 12:185-92. 1999..Coping ratios accounted for 15% of the variance in anxiety from terrorism, after considering commuting frequency. Combining minimal problem-focused preventative acts with distraction and reduced perceived vulnerability may be beneficial...- The short-term effects of a hostility-reduction intervention on male coronary heart disease patientsY Gidron
Department of Sociology of Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Be er Sheeba, Israel
Health Psychol 18:416-20. 1999..Finally, reductions in hostility were significantly and positively correlated with reductions in DBP. Replication with a larger sample and CHD outcomes is recommended... - Psychological factors correlate meaningfully with percent-monocytes among acute coronary syndrome patientsYori Gidron
Department of Sociology of Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Be er Sheva 84105, Israel
Brain Behav Immun 17:310-5. 2003..This initiating role, and our finding of a relationship between recruitment of monocytes and a poor psychosocial profile, predictive of ACS, are consistent with a PNI component in the pathophysiology of ACS... - Psychosocial correlates of incidence of attacks in children with Familial Mediterranean FeverYori Gidron
Department of Sociology of Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
J Behav Med 26:95-104. 2003..These findings, if replicated in a prospective study, may guide interventions for preventing FMF attacks... - Development and cross-cultural and clinical validation of a brief comprehensive scale for assessing hostility in medical settingsY Gidron
Department of Sociology of Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be er Sheeba 84105, Israel
J Behav Med 24:1-15. 2001..Our findings support the cross-cultural feasibility, reliability, and concurrent, construct, and criterion validity of the New-Buss... - Interactions of psychological factors and family history in relation to coronary artery diseaseYori Gidron
Department of Sociology of Health, Soroka Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Coron Artery Dis 13:205-8. 2002..This study examined the interactive effects of hostility, hopelessness and daily hassles with family history of CAD in relation to CAD severity... - Maladaptation to mental stress mitigated by the adaptive immune system via depletion of naturally occurring regulatory CD4+CD25+ cellsHagit Cohen
Ministry of Health Mental Health Center Anxiety and Stress Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
J Neurobiol 66:552-63. 2006..They might also point the way to development of immune-based therapies for mental disorders, based either on up-regulation of T cells that partially cross-react with self-antigens or on weakening of the activity of regulatory T cells... - Molecular and cellular interface between behavior and acute coronary syndromesYori Gidron
Department of Sociology of Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Be er Sheeba, Israel
Cardiovasc Res 56:15-21. 2002..This chain of events may endure due to lack of neuroendocrine-to-immune negative feedback stemming from cortisol resistance. This model has implications for the use of psychological interventions in ACS patients... - Physicians' attitudes toward preventive therapy for coronary artery disease: is there a gender bias?Akranm Abuful
Cardiology Department, Soroka University Medical Center and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Clin Cardiol 28:389-93. 2005..We compared physicians' attitudes and practice toward preventive therapy in men and women with CAD... - Blunted HPA axis response to stress influences susceptibility to posttraumatic stress response in ratsHagit Cohen
Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Anxiety and Stress Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Biol Psychiatry 59:1208-18. 2006..This study investigated the role of cortisol in the manifestation of anxiety- and fear-like symptoms in an animal model of PTSD... - Evaluation of student attitudes and knowledge in a new program in international health and medicineAlan B Jotkowitz
Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, School of Medicine and International Health, Beer Sheba 84105, Israel
Med Teach 26:574-6. 2004..The graduates of the new program retained their positive attitudes toward IHM and increased their knowledge of the subject. Further studies are necessary to document the effect of the program on the clinical practice of its graduates... - Significance of balloon imprint during coronary angioplastyR Ilia
Cardiology Department, Soroka Medical Center, Ben Gurion University, P O Box 151, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 53:331-3. 2001..Patient and lesion characteristics may determine the appearance of balloon imprint at PTCA, which in turn influences the procedure and its immediate outcome. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2001;53:331-333... - Pseudoventricular fibrillationA Katz
Cardiology Department, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
Crit Care Med 29:1835-6. 2001..Direct current shock therapy was withheld only because the patient regained consciousness... - Left anterior descending artery length in left and right coronary artery dominanceR Ilia
Cardiology Department, Soroka Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
Coron Artery Dis 12:77-8. 2001..Coronary stenosis of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) is respected by cardiologists because of its negative influence on morbidity and mortality. An important anatomical consideration is the length of the LAD... - Repeated balloon rupture during coronary stenting due to a calcified lesion: an intravascular ultrasound studyH Gilutz
Department of Cardiology, Soroka Medical Center, and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 50:212-4. 2000..The cause of rupture was detected by intravascular ultrasound: a calcified ridge that protruded between the stent struts in the distal stent body... - Psychosocial and reported inflammatory disease correlates of self-reported heart disease in women from South of IsraelYori Gidron
Ben Gurion University, Israel
Women Health 44:25-40. 2006..This study examined the prevalence and correlates of self-reported heart disease among Jewish women from the Negev, a socio-economically and culturally unique region in south of Israel... - Preventive therapy in patients with insignificantly narrowed coronary arteries: evaluation of physician attitude and practiceYaakov Henkin
Department of Cardiology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
Clin Cardiol 27:328-32. 2004..Preventive therapy with aspirin and lipid-lowering drugs therefore seems warranted in these patients... 
Low-dose environmental radiation, DNA damage, and cancer: the possible contribution of psychological factorsJulie G Cwikel
Center for Women s Health Studies and Promotion and the Spitzer Department of Social Work, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Psychol Health Med 15:1-16. 2010..The additional contribution of psychological processes to radiation-DNA damage-cancer relationships needs further study, and if verified, has clinical implications...- ST elevation in the anterior precordial leads during right ventricular infarction: lessons learned during primary coronary angioplasty--a case reportC Cafri
Cardiology Department, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
Angiology 52:417-20. 2001..This is an unusual angiographic pattern for isolated right ventricular infarction. The potential consequences of percutaneous interventions to collateral vessels is discussed... - Relative-assessed psychological factors predict sedation requirement in critically ill patientsTamar Green
Medical Intensive Care Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
Psychosom Med 67:295-300. 2005..Early identification of such a profile may help in sedation management and patient care. The possible mechanisms and clinical implications are discussed... - Interleukin-1 may link helplessness-hopelessness with cancer progression: a proposed modelMiriam Argaman
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Int J Behav Med 12:161-70. 2005..Involvement of the sympathetic nervous system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis are discussed. Future studies need to identify the role of additional factors in this PNI pathway... - Prevalence and moderators of terror-related post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in Israeli citizensYori Gidron
Department of Sociology of Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 6:387-91. 2004..The relation between certain psychological factors specific to terrorist attacks (e.g., perceived control attributed to oneself/to the military, anticipated duration of terrorism) and PTSD symptoms have not been examined... - Implicit learning of emotional information under anesthesiaYori Gidron
Department of Sociology of Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheeba, Israel
Neuroreport 13:139-42. 2002..05). Spectral edge frequency (SEF) of cerebral activity during surgery converged with this finding. Implicit learning during general anesthesia may be stronger for emotionally negative information and is detected by SE... - Effects of guided written disclosure of stressful experiences on clinic visits and symptoms in frequent clinic attendersYori Gidron
Department of Sociology of Health, Ben-Gurion University, Be'er-Sheeba, Israel
Fam Pract 19:161-6. 2002..The GDP may be an inexpensive additional intervention in primary care for reducing symptoms and clinic visits among frequent clinic users... - Low-pressure deployment of stents: short- and long-term outcomeC Cafri
Cardiology Department, Soroka Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
Coron Artery Dis 12:313-6. 2001..6%. Low-pressure stent deployment appears to confer added risk for acute or sub-acute thrombosis even when aspirin and ticlopidine are used. Conversely, low-pressure inflation is associated with excellent long-term results... - QRS prolongation: a sensitive marker of ischemia during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyA A Cantor
Department of Cardiology, Soroka Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 50:177-83. 2000..QRS duration was more prolonged with occlusion of proximal and middle segments of major arteries. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 50:177-183, 2000... - Fracture of a coronary guidewire during graft thrombectomy with the X-sizer deviceCarlos Cafri
Cardiology Department, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
J Invasive Cardiol 16:263-5. 2004..The thrombus was successfully aspirated without distal embolisation and the guidewire fragment was trapped in the graft after covering with a coronary stent. Possible reasons for this unusual complication of X-Sizer are discussed...