Risk score calculates toll that stress can have on the heart
Researchers created a risk score to assess how adaptive a person’s cardiovascular system was in responding to mental stress, such as giving a public speech. They found that people with heart disease who had less adaptive responses were about twice as likely to experience future heart problems years later.
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