Posttraumatic stress in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients: The role of pre-implantation distress and shocks

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 438-439

  Versteeg, Henneke ^a   Theuns, Dominic A M J ^b   Erdman, Ruud A M ^b   Jordaens, Luc ^b   Pedersen, Susanne S ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Concerns; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Type D personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DIAGNOSTIC SCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SHOCK; STRESS;

EID: 78951489310     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.10.108     Document Type: Article

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