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[Psychic maladaptation in patients with minor heart anomalies]
Aim:
To analyse personality-mood features and variants of neurotic disorders in patients with minor anomalies of the heart (MAH) depending on phenotypic signs of dysembryogenesis.
Material And Methods:
Echocardiography, psychological questionnaire testing were performed in 120 patients (10 males and 10 females) aged 18-30 years with mitral prolapse and/or dislocated chords of the left ventricle. The control group consisted of 22 healthy volunteers.
Results:
Patients with a differentiated syndrome of connective tissue dysplasia had more frequently hyperthymic, pedantic, anxious, cyclothymic and dysthymic types of accentuations which were more pronounced than in healthy subjects.
Conclusion:
With aggravation of connective tissue dysplasia syndrome, patients with minor anomalies of the heart show a tendency to psychic maladaptation.
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