News tagged with type d personality

Heart patients with a distressed personality reported worse health

People with a distressed (Type D) personality reported worse health than other patients after having devices implanted to ensure proper heart rhythm, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Ou ...

Cardiology May 08, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Depression increases death risk in coronary stent patients

Copenhagen, 16 March 2012: Depression increases the risk of death in patients who have a coronary stent implanted. After seven years of follow up, depressed patients were 1.5 times more likely to have died than non-depressed ...

Cardiology Mar 16, 2012 | not rated yet | 1