Clinical Correlates of Depression following Myocardial Infarction

Consecutive cohort of 173 first-MI patients, from which 35 depressed patients were compared with 35 non-depressed patients matched for gender, age, and severity of MI.

Presence of clinical correlates (prescription of benzodiazepines during acute hospitalization, cardiac complications during acute hospitalization, history of depression, and inability to stop smoking within six months after MI)

Absence of these clinical correlates

Post-MI depression (assessed via SCL-90 depression scale and DSM-III-R criteria for major depression)patient reported