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Cardiovascular risks in patients receiving antidepressants
Author(s) -
Lam Y. W. Francis
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30665
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , antidepressant , adverse effect , disease , cardiology , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , anxiety , economics , macroeconomics
Patients with ischemic heart disease often have comorbid depression that is treated with antidepressants. Previous studies have suggested an association between antidepressant use and adverse cardiac outcomes. In addition, depression itself has been linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular events.