Type D Personality and Mortality in Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Pilot Study
Aquarius AE, Smolderen KG, Hamming JF, De Vries J, Vriens PW, Denollet J. Type D Personality and Mortality in Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Pilot Study. JAMA Surgery 2009, 144: 728-733. PMID: 19687376, DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.75.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral arterial diseaseType D personalityCause mortalityD personalityIndependent predictorsRenal diseaseArterial diseaseSymptomatic peripheral arterial diseasePilot studyAnkle-brachial indexHigh-risk patientsTraditional risk factorsPatients' medical filesMultivariable logistic regressionRisk of deathVascular surgery departmentType D ScaleClinical predictorsDiabetes mellitusPulmonary diseasePilot followMedical filesSurgery departmentRisk factorsTeaching hospital