Open AccessDepression and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality: cause or consequence?
Author(s) -
Ralph Stewart
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1016/j.ehj.2003.08.017
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , depression (economics) , cardiology , economics , macroeconomics
Depression after myocardial infarction has been associated with increased cardiovascular mortality. This study assessed whether depressive symptoms were associated with adverse outcomes in people with a history of an acute coronary syndrome, and evaluated possible explanations for such an association.
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