Why the study?
How do patients psychologically respond to improved cardiac health following mitral commissurotomy?
Population
18 patients who had experienced mitral commissurotomy
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to possible unmasking of latent anxieties after mitral commissurotomy; leaves open whether personality-tailored support improves outcomes.
How do patients psychologically respond to improved cardiac health following mitral commissurotomy?
Surgical relief of cardiac symptoms via mitral commissurotomy can lead to complex psychological responses, including the unmasking of previously avoided anxiety-laden problems.
Stanley M. Kaplan (1956) studied this question.
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