Depression and disability in coronary patients: time to focus on quality of life as an end point

Editorial

D C Haas. Heart. 2006 Jan.

. 2006 Jan;92(1):8-10.

doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.066035. Epub 2005 Sep 13.

Abstract

Depression in acute coronary syndrome patients may have prognostic implications beyond mortality

Depression after myocardial infarction is a risk factor for declining health related quality of life and increased disability and cardiac complaints at 12 months.
de Jonge P, Spijkerman TA, van den Brink RH, Ormel J. de Jonge P, et al. Heart. 2006 Jan;92(1):32-9. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.059451. Epub 2005 May 12. Heart. 2006. PMID: 15890765 Free PMC article.

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