Patients with depression are more likely than patients without depression to develop
ischemic heart disease and suffer cardiac-related death. Recent evidence suggests that the …

The relationship between depression and cardiovascular disease is complex and
multifaceted. There is a growing body of evidence that depression significantly and …

There is a growing body of evidence that depression significantly and adversely affects
cardiovascular health. Perhaps the most prominent finding is the documented increase in …

The consequences of depression and coronary artery disease (CAD) were reviewed in the
literature. The comorbidity of depression and CAD results in an increased cardiovascular …

Both depression and cardiovascular disease are common as people age and are, therefore,
likely to coexist. It has become evident recently that the rate of this comorbidity exceeds …

Expanding scientific evidence supports a long-recognized link between cardiovascular
disease and depression. As an independent risk factor, depression increases patient …

The authors review the evidence for a relationship between depression and ischemic heart
disease based on psychiatric patient samples, community epidemiological studies, and …

It is becoming clear that the comorbidity of depression and cardiovascular disease does not
occur by chance but rather is an inevitable consequence of the relationship between the …

Depressed patients develop symptomatic and fatal ischemic heart disease at a higher rate
than nondepressed patients, even after studies are controlled for known cardiovascular risk …

There is convincing evidence that depression can significantly and adversely affect
cardiovascular health and increase mortality rates in patients with documented ischemic …