Erika Friedmann

Animal companions and one-year survival of patients after discharge from a coronary care unit.

Erika Friedmann, Aaron Honori Katcher, James J. Lynch et al. · PubMed · 1980 · 698 citations · Full text

Social Isolation, Family Medicine, One-year Survival +21

Pet ownership, social support, and one-year survival after acute myocardial infarction in the Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (CAST)

Erika Friedmann, Sue A. Thomas · The American Journal of Cardiology · 1995 · 484 citations

Family Medicine, Pet Ownership, Veterinary Behavioral Medicine +10

The influence of age, gender, and race on the prevalence of depression in heart failure patients

Stephen S. Gottlieb, Meenakshi Khatta, Erika Friedmann et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2004 · 464 citations

Heart Failure, Heart Failure Patients, Psychiatry +14

Social Interaction and Blood Pressure

Erika Friedmann, Aaron Honori Katcher, Sue A. Thomas et al. · The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease · 1983 · 386 citations

Hypertension, Social Psychology, Empathy +23

Relationship of depression, anxiety, and social isolation to chronic heart failure outpatient mortality

Erika Friedmann, Sue A. Thomas, Fang Liu et al. · American Heart Journal · 2006 · 311 citations

Social Isolation, Psychological Co-morbidities, Heart Failure +9