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. 2006 Feb 1:10:E3.

Serotonergic mechanisms: a potential link between affective disorders and cardiovascular risk

Ginés Escolar  1 , Maribel Díaz-Ricart, Esther Gomez-Gil, Montserrat Serra, Cristobal Gasto, Jordi Bozzo, Ana Maria Galán
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  • PMID: 16477327

Serotonergic mechanisms: a potential link between affective disorders and cardiovascular risk

Ginés Escolar et al. Timely Top Med Cardiovasc Dis. .

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease and major depression are highly prevalent disorders in our society. Evidence has been found that confirms a reciprocal relationship between mechanisms of depression and those of cardiovascular pathology. This possible feedback between both pathologies is a subject of great concern. In recent years some studies suggest that platelets and serotonergic mechanisms could be involved in both conditions. The present review seeks a better understanding of the mechanisms that could link depression with an enhanced cardiovascular risk.

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