Type D personality is associated with increased prevalence of ventricular arrhythmias in community-residing persons without coronary heart disease

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 592-600

  Einvik, Gunnar ^a,b   Dammen, Toril ^b,c   Namtvedt, Silje K ^a,b   Hrubos Strøm, Harald ^a,b   Randby, Anna ^a,b   Kristiansen, Håvard A ^d   Nordhus, Inger H ^e   Somers, Virend K ^f   Omland, Torbjørn ^a,b  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; heart rate variability; Type D personality; ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TYPE D BEHAVIOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TYPE D PERSONALITY; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 84900440471     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487312462800     Document Type: Article

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