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. 2012:2012:743813.
doi: 10.5402/2012/743813. Epub 2012 Nov 22.

Depression and coronary heart disease

Karina W Davidson  1
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Depression and coronary heart disease

Karina W Davidson. ISRN Cardiol. 2012.

Abstract

There are exciting findings in the field of depression and coronary heart disease. Whether diagnosed or simply self-reported, depression continues to mark very high risk for a recurrent acute coronary syndrome or for death in patients with coronary heart disease. Many intriguing mechanisms have been posited to be implicated in the association between depression and heart disease, and randomized controlled trials of depression treatment are beginning to delineate the types of depression management strategies that may benefit the many coronary heart disease patients with depression.

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Hazard ratios of depressive symptoms and traditional cardiovascular risk factors.
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American Heart Association's Advisory for Depression Detection and Treatment (reprinted from Lichtman et al. [41]).
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