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Titel:

Posttraumatic stress symptoms and predicted mortality in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: results from the prospective living with an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator study.

Dokumenttyp:
Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Article
Autor(en):
Ladwig, KH; Baumert, J; Marten-Mittag, B; Kolb, C; Zrenner, B; Schmitt, C
Abstract:
CONTEXT: Cardiac disease and treatment with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) may be psychologically traumatic. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is generally overlooked in cardiac patients, and no study to date (to our knowledge) has evaluated the effect of PTSD symptoms on the prognosis in patients with ICDs. OBJECTIVE: To test whether PTSD symptoms at baseline predict long-term mortality risk in patients with ICDs. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study with a mean follow-up period...     »
Zeitschriftentitel:
Arch Gen Psychiatry
Jahr:
2008
Band / Volume:
65
Heft / Issue:
11
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
1324-30
Sprache:
eng
Volltext / DOI:
doi:10.1001/archpsyc.65.11.1324
PubMed:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18981344
Print-ISSN:
0003-990X
TUM Einrichtung:
I. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik (Kardiologie); Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
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