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The Millon Behavioral Health Inventory Life Threat Reactivity Scale as a Predictor of Mortality in Patients Awaiting Heart Transplantation

Received November 20, 1997; revised January 21, 1998; accepted September 8, 1998. From the St. Vincent Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Coffman, St. Vincent Medical Center, 2200 West Third Street, Ste. 500, Los Angeles, CA 90057–1904.

This study examined the Millon Behavioral Health Inventory Life Threat Reactivity Scale (LTRS) as a predictor of mortality in patients awaiting heart transplantation. The one-year mortality while awaiting cardiac transplantation was more than double for the high-risk group based on the LTRS scores. The high-risk group had a 42% mortality rate versus an 18% mortality rate in the low-risk group. Mortality for those patients that received transplants was similar for both groups. A review of the medical literature regarding the role of personality traits in cardiac mortality and the findings of this study are discussed.

Key Words: Mortality • Transplantation • Millon Behavioral Health Inventory

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