Purpose: several characteristic personality types have been reported for glaucoma patients in previousstudies. However, none of the previousstudies used a common structural theory of personality. In thisstudy, we c...
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Purpose: several characteristic personality types have been reported for glaucoma patients in previous studies. However, none of the previous studies used a common structural theory of personality. In this study, we conducted a multicenter cross-sectional case-control study using the recently established five-factor model of personality structure. Methods: Personality was evaluated using the Neuroticism Extraversion Openness Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI), which is a questionnaire specifically designed to test the five-factor model of personality: neuroticism (N), extraversion (E), openness (O), agreeableness (A), and conscientiousness (C). Eligible questionnaires were obtained from 196 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) (99 men, 97 women) and 223 reference subjects with no ocular disease except cataract (87 men, 136 women). The mean score of each NEO-FFI factor for POAG patients was compared to the scores for the reference subjects. Results: Compared with the reference subjects, the mean N score was significantly higher (P=0.013), the mean scores for A and C were significantly lower (P=0.007 and P=0.001, respectively), and the mean E score tended to be lower (P=0.055) in male POAG patients. The mean E score was significantly lower (P=0.023) in female POAG patients. Conclusions: Characteristic personality traits were noted in POAG patients, and a more significant relationship was found between personality and glaucoma in men than in women.
Background -This prospective clinical study evaluates the feasibility and eff icacy of combined linear mitral isthmus ablation and pulmonary vein(Pv) isolatio n in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation(AF). Met...
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Background -This prospective clinical study evaluates the feasibility and eff icacy of combined linear mitral isthmus ablation and pulmonary vein(Pv) isolatio n in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation(AF). Methods and Results -One hundred consecutive patients(13 women; age 55±10 years)-with drug-refractory , symptomatic paroxysmal AF underwent Pv isolation and linear ablation of the ca votricuspid isthmus and the mitral isthmus(lateral mitral annulus to the left in ferior Pv). They were compared with 100 consecutive patients(14 women; age, 52± 10 years) undergoing Pv isolation and cavotricuspid ablation without mitral isth mus ablation. Bidirectional mitral isthmus block was confirmed by demonstrating( 1) a parallel corridor of double potentials during coronary sinus(Cs) pacing,(2) an activation detour by pacing either side of the line, and(3) differential pac ing techniques. Isolation of all Pvs and cavotricuspid isthmus ablation were per formed successfully in all. Mitral isthmus block was achieved in 92 patients aft er 20±10 minutes of endocardial radiofrequency application and an additional 5 ±4 minutes of epicardial radiofrequency application from within the Cs in 68, r esulting in a conduction delay of 151±26 ms during Cs pacing. Thirty-two patie nts with mitral isthmus ablation compared with 49 without had recurrent atrial a rrhythmia (P=0.02) requiring further ablation. At 1 year after the last procedur e, 87 patients with mitral isthmus ablation and 69 without(P=0.002) were arrhyth mia free without antiarrhythmic drugs, mitral isthmus ablation being the only fa ctor associated with long-term success(RR for AF recurrence, 0.2; CI, 0.1 to 0. 4; Psions -Catheter ablation of the mitral isthmus results cons istently in demonstrable conduction block and is associated with a high cure rat e for paroxysmal AF.
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