Open AccessPosttraumatic stress disorder after myocardial infarction and coronary artery bypass grafting
Author(s) -
Amitoj Singh,
Sahil Agrawal,
Sanchita Gargya,
Sabir Saluja,
Akshat Kumar,
Abhishek Kumar,
Kartik Kalra,
Munveer Thind,
Sajeev Saluja,
Lauren E Stone,
Farhan Ali,
Rodrigo Duarte-Chavez,
Christine Marchionni,
Farhad Sholevar,
Jamshid Shirani,
Sudip Nanda
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/ijciis.ijciis_27_17
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , stressor , depression (economics) , coronary artery disease , bypass grafting , cardiology , artery , disease , traumatic stress , risk factor , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
Post traumatic stress disorder is a psychiatric disease that is usually precipitated by life threatening stressors. Myocardial infarction, especially in the young can count as one such event. The development of post traumatic stress after a coronary event not only adversely effects psychiatric health, but leads to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. There is increasing evidence that like major depression, post traumatic stress disorder is also a strong coronary risk factor. Early diagnosis and treatment of this disease in patients with acute manifestations of coronary artery disease can improve patient outcomes.