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Do depression and anxiety symptoms predict all-cause mortality in PCI patients at 10 years of follow-up?
Do depression and anxiety symptoms predict all-cause mortality in PCI patients at 10 years of follow-up?
Depression is a significant independent predictor of 10-year all-cause mortality in patients following percutaneous coronary intervention.
May inform post-PCI risk stratification; leaves open whether treating depression improves survival.
Depression is associated with an increased risk of 77% for all-cause mortality, 10 years post-PCI, independently of anxiety. Although anxiety was associated with all-cause mortality, it has no additional value in the case of co-occurring depression.
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