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Virtual Reality Reduces Perioperative Anxiety During Cardiac Device Implantation: A Randomized Trial.

Key takeaways

This trial tested if virtual reality lowers anxiety during heart surgery. It is a brief report, so the full details are not available. There is no abstract, so we do not have the results yet.

Who did this work

Givan A (Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.) · Bohnen JE (Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.) · Jungen C (Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.) · Rassaf T (Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/TRassafMD.) · Mathew S (Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.) · Mahabadi AA (Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.) · Kurt M (Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].)

Source

Article · Europe PMC, CKD mind-body · 2026-09-23
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2026.103267