Facets of openness predict mortality in patients with cardiac disease

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 319-322

  Jonassaint, Charles R ^a   Boyle, Stephen H ^b   Williams, Redford B ^b   Mark, Daniel B ^c   Siegler, Ilene C ^b   Barefoot, John C ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Division of Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Mortality; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34249104776     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318052e27d     Document Type: Article

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