Ruud A.M. Erdman

TL;DR: Investigation of the prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator and their partners and the role of personality factors and social support as determinants of distress found personality was an important explanatory factor of distress in both ICD patients and their partner.

TL;DR: The interaction effect of social inhibition and negative emotions, rather than negative emotions per se, predicted poor clinical outcome following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

TL;DR: Screening for ICD patient concerns using the ICD Patient Concerns Questionnaire may identify patients at risk for psychological morbidity after ICD implantation and may be an important indicator of psychosocial adjustment.

TL;DR: Many specific psychological outcomes seem to be best predicted by preoperative assessment of functions in that specific area, especially in the case of anxiety and depression, which might improve the development of individually tailored interventions for patients at risk of postoperative psychological problems.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of Type D personality on the occurrence of adverse events at nine months in patients with ischemic heart disease after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with sirolimus-eluting stents (SESs) or bare stents.