[Personality patterns in coronary artery disease]. / Cechy osobowosci a chrooba niedokrwienna serca.

Relation of personality patterns and type A behaviour to the risk and prognosis of coronary artery disease was described. The particular interest of researchers was directed toward hostility, which correlated with the course of coronary artery disease. Finally, therapeutical implications, deriving from the holistic approach to cardiological patients, were proposed.