Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 341-350 , May 2008

Psychological Predictors of Prognosis in Chronic Heart Failure

  • Aline J.M. Pelle, MSc

      Affiliations

    • CoRPS—Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic diseases, Department of Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Aline Pelle, MSc, CoRPS, Department of Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands.
    • ,
  • Yori Y. Gidron, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Sciences and Social Care, Brunel University, Uxbridge, West London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Balázs M. Szabó, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Johan Denollet, PhD

      Affiliations

    • CoRPS—Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic diseases, Department of Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Received 14 May 2007 ,Revised 3 January 2008 ,Accepted 11 January 2008.

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 No conflicts of interest are reported. The present study was supported by a VICI-grant (453-04-004) from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, The Hague, The Netherlands, to Dr. Johan Denollet.

PII: S1071-9164(08)00022-5

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.01.004

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 341-350 , May 2008

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