MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND PERSONALITY TEMPERAMENT

Abstract

We analyzed personality temperament data from 3000 patients (2250 men, 750 women, aged 25 to 95 years) with acute myocardial infarction, accumulated over several decades. As a result of our study, we determined that patients with a choleric temperament are more likely to develop myocardial infarction. Myocardial infarction occurs with approximately equal frequency in sanguine, phlegmatic and melancholic people. In the character of a choleric person, a decisive role is played by sharp fluctuations in character and a slight tendency to traumatize the psycho-emotional field. We consider it advisable to identify a person’s temperament type in a timely manner in order to prevent the development of a heart attack.