title: Unexpected positive effects of myocardial infarction on couples.
abstract: This article describes a small-scale study of five couples that was conducted after the husbands had recovered from a heart attack. According to the findings, two of the couples reported that the recuperative period lent a clearly positive dimension to an otherwise threatening experience.
mesh_terms: D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000523:psychology*