The aim of the study was to determine the effects of stress on cognitive changes in patients suffering from ischemic heart disease in combination with essential hypertension. The object of the research were 52 patients with the above mentioned pathology. According to the survey they revealed a more pronounced rigidity of the cognitive process, reduced cognitive style during and after the verbal-colored Stroop test in patients with stable exertional angina, III FC in combination with hypertension compared with stable exertional angina, FC II and cardiosclerosis with atherosclerotic heart failure and /or rhythm disturbance.
