title: [Relation between personality and spastic angina].
abstract: The personalities of 60 patients suffering from episodes of retrosternal pain were evaluated by means of psychological tests ( Cattel 's questionnaire and Eysenck's personality inventory) and semi-directive interviews. The patients fell into three groups: group I patients (n = 21) had atheromatous lesions of the coronary arteries detected at angiography; group II patients (n = 19) had normal or subnormal coronary arteries, but angiography demonstrated arterial spasm; group III patients (n = 20) had angiographically normal coronary arteries without spasm. A statistically significant difference (p less than 0.05) was noted between groups I and II, but not between groups II and III. Eleven of the 21 patients in group I presented with an obsessional personality which was not found in groups II and III where 13/19 and 16/20 patients respectively had a hysterical personality.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003329:Coronary Vasospasm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006677:Histrionic Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D011581:Psychological Tests
vernacular_title: Relations entre personnalité et angor spastique.