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. 2020 May 1;41(17):1687-1696.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy913.

Depression and coronary heart disease: 2018 position paper of the ESC working group on coronary pathophysiology and microcirculation

Viola Vaccarino  1   2 , Lina Badimon  3 , J Douglas Bremner  4   5   6 , Edina Cenko  7 , Judit Cubedo  3 , Maria Dorobantu  8 , Dirk J Duncker  9 , Akos Koller  10   11 , Olivia Manfrini  7 , Davor Milicic  12 , Teresa Padro  3 , Axel R Pries  13 , Arshed A Quyyumi  2 , Dimitris Tousoulis  14 , Danijela Trifunovic  15   16 , Zorana Vasiljevic  16 , Cor de Wit  17 , Raffaele Bugiardini  7 ; ESC Scientific Document Group Reviewers
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Depression and coronary heart disease: 2018 position paper of the ESC working group on coronary pathophysiology and microcirculation

Viola Vaccarino et al. Eur Heart J. .

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Figure 1
Common links between depression and chest pain in coronary heart disease.
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Figure 2
Links between depression, autonomic dysregulation, inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, and thrombosis. BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic factor; CHD, coronary heart disease; HPA, hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis; IL, interleukin; PAI, plasminogen activator inhibitor; TGF, transforming growth factor; TNF, tumour necrosis factor.
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