Depression following a myocardial infarction is associated with a substantially enhanced risk of recurrent coronary events.
Does depression after a myocardial infarction increase the risk of recurrent coronary events?
Depression and other emotional factors after a myocardial infarction are associated with an increased risk of recurrent coronary events, potentially due to autonomic and serotonergic changes.
Evidence shows that depression after a myocardial infarction incurs a substantially enhanced risk for recurrent coronary events.Similar conclusions, although less well documented, are valid for milder depression, vital exhaustion and hostility. These findings have been attributed to aberrations in brain serotonin systems, and to changes in autonomic reactivity and balance.
Öhman et al. (1995) studied this question. Depression following a myocardial infarction is associated with a substantially enhanced risk of recurrent coronary events.