October 23, 2001

Depression, Heart Rate Variability, and Acute Myocardial Infarction

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Does depression increase cardiac mortality via decreased heart rate variability in post-MI patients?

Population

post-MI patients

Intervention

depression (exposure)

Outcome

cardiac mortality and heart rate variability (HRV)hard clinical

Decreased heart rate variability provides a plausible mechanistic link between depression and increased cardiac mortality following myocardial infarction.

Abstract

We conclude that greater autonomic dysfunction, as reflected by decreased HRV, is a plausible mechanism linking depression to increased cardiac mortality in post-MI patients.

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Authors

Robert M. Carney

James A. Blumenthal

Phyllis K. Stein

Journals

Circulation

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Harvard University

Duke University

North Carolina State University

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Depression, Heart Rate Variability, and Acute Myocardial Infarction

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