title: [The frequency of behavioral type A among young myocardial infarct patients and their personality characteristics].
abstract: Prevalence was studied of subjects presenting with behavioral type A among patients with myocardial infraction (MI) of young age, personality traits of the cases and lipid content in each of the groups identified. In spite of certain methodological difficulties existing in diagnosis of behavioral type of a personality we did not find type A to be predominant among young MI cases. It was subjects with psychosthenic traits, lowered tolerance to stresses that tended to prevail among MI patients of young age.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Savchenko
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Stashkevich
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Kabel'skiĭ
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Babitskiĭ
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Strukov
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Iushko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality; D010556:Personality Tests; D014434:Type A Personality
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids