Risk of Ventricular Arrhythmia After Implantable Defibrillator Treatment in Anxious Type D Patients
Krista C. van den Broek, PhD*,*,
Ivan Nyklí ek, PhD*,
Pepijn H. van der Voort, MD ,
Marco Alings, MD, PhD ,
Albert Meijer, MD, PhD and
Johan Denollet, PhD*
* CoRPS (Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic diseases), Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands
Department of Cardiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Department of Cardiology, Amphia Hospital, Breda, the Netherlands

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Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier Curve for Time to First Ventricular Arrhythmia in Type D Patients With Increased Anxiety (p = 0.012)
Other groups (blue line); anxious Type D patients (green line).
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