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Assessment of Relation of Personality Types With The Prevalence of Exercise-Induced Silent Ischemia and Myocardial Ischemic Burden by TI-201 Scintigraphy in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease [Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars]
Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 1998; 26(3): 178-182

Assessment of Relation of Personality Types With The Prevalence of Exercise-Induced Silent Ischemia and Myocardial Ischemic Burden by TI-201 Scintigraphy in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

Mehmet AKSOY1, Mahmut ÇAKMAK1, Metin GÜRSÜRER1, Nazmiye ÇAKMAK1, Ayşe Emre PINARLI1, Levent EDİŞ1, Nesrin TOMRUK1, Tezer ULUSOY1, Birsen ERSEK1

Type A patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) tend to ignore symptoms or underreport angina during challenging tasks such as the treadmill exercise test. This study sought to evaluate whether type A patients with CAD might be more likely than type B patients to have silent ischemia during exercise and also greater ischemic burden by TI-201 scintigraphy. 112 patients with angiographically defined CAD and a positive treadınili exercise test were studied. All patients underwent exercise TI-201 SPECT imaging and a psychologica1 test (SCL-90) to asses type A personality. Scintigraphic images were divided into 20 segments and the number of redistribution and fixed defects were calculated in each patient. 78 patients were of type A and 34 patients were of type B according to psychological testing. 40 type A patients (51%) and 25 type B (73%) patients report ed typical angina during exercise. Type A patients were more likely to have silent ischemia than type B patients (p<0.05). However, when patients were classified as type A plus symptomatic ischemia, type A plus silent ischemia, type B plus symptomatic ischemia and type B plus silent ischemia into four subgroups, the number of redistribution defects as an indicator of myocardial ischemic burden were 3.64±2.4, 3.42±2.2, 3.28±1.9, 3.46±2.6, respectively. There were no significant differences among them. In conclusion, although type A patients were more likely to have silent ischemia than type B patients during exercise, there was no significant difference with regard to ischemic burden among CAD patients classified according to their personality types and presence of symptoms during exercise.

Keywords: Type A personality, coronary artery disease, exercise TI-201 SPECT.

How to cite this article
Mehmet AKSOY, Mahmut ÇAKMAK, Metin GÜRSÜRER, Nazmiye ÇAKMAK, Ayşe Emre PINARLI, Levent EDİŞ, Nesrin TOMRUK, Tezer ULUSOY, Birsen ERSEK. Assessment of Relation of Personality Types With The Prevalence of Exercise-Induced Silent Ischemia and Myocardial Ischemic Burden by TI-201 Scintigraphy in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 1998; 26(3): 178-182
Manuscript Language: Turkish


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