The notion that psychological states can influence physical health is hardly new, and
perhaps nowhere has the mind-body connection been better studied than in cardiovascular …

Purpose of review This manuscript reviews the epidemiological data linking psychosocial
stress to cardiovascular disease (CVD), describes recent advances in understanding the …

This review provides an outline of the association between major depressive disorder
(MDD) and coronary heart disease (CHD). Much is known about the two individual clinical …

Background Cardiovascular disease remains the leading worldwide cause of mortality.
There has been increased awareness of the impact of psychological health on …

This article explores the relationship between depression and cardiovascular disease from a
mechanistic standpoint. Depression and cardiovascular disease are two of the most …

Anxiety, depression, and stress are exceedingly common in patients with cardiovascular
disease (CVD). They increase the risk of cardiac events and are associated with much …

Epidemiological studies have shown that a substantial proportion of acute coronary events
occur in individuals who lack the traditional high-risk cardiovascular (CV) profile. Mental …

Depression constitutes a novel and independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease,
which despite extensive support in the literature has been underappreciated. While much of …

Objectives: This study sought to estimate the extent to which behavioral and
pathophysiological risk factors account for the association between psychological distress …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of death worldwide and
identification and therapeutic modulation of all its risk factors is necessary to ensure a lower …