ACC CardiaCast Pulse Check: Sleep Hygiene and Cardiovascular Health
"PulseCheck" is a series within CardiaCast that is designed for nurses or allied healthcare professionals who are new, or new to cardiology, offering practical team-based solutions to the challenges that nurses and allied health professionals face every day. This special series published during Mental Health Awareness Month is sponsored by ACC's Cardiovascular Psychology Workgroup. In this episode, host Andrea Price MS, AACC talks with Yale University psychologists Kim G. Smolderen, PhD, FACC and Lynelle Schneeberg, PsyD about basic sleep hygiene and the link between sleep and cardiovascular risk factors.
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