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[Ischemic heart disease and depression: an underestimated clinical association].
Giornale italiano di cardiologia (2006) - 1 Jan 2000
Pizzi Carmine, Santarella Luigi, Manfrini Olivia, Chiavaroli Martina, Agushi Erjon, Cordioli Elvira, Costa Grazia Maria, Bugiardini Raffaele
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Patients with acute or chronic ischemic heart disease have a high incidence of depression, and a variable proportion of patients (ranging from 14% to 47%) suffer from major or subclinical depression. In addition, chronic depression has been shown to be associated with the development or progression of coronary atherosclerosis. Besides a poor quality of life, depressive symptoms in patients with ischemic heart...
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