Anxiety, depression, and cardiac outcomes after a first diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome.

Paolo OssolaMaria Lidia GerraChiara De PanfilisMatteo TonnaCarlo Marchesi

Published in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2018)

Our results confirm the detrimental effect of depression on cardiac prognosis in a selected population and suggest that anxiety after the first diagnosis of ACS might have different roles depending on the illness' course. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).

Keyphrases

acute coronary syndrome
sleep quality
depressive symptoms
left ventricular
percutaneous coronary intervention
antiplatelet therapy
physical activity
emergency department
heart failure
coronary artery disease
adverse drug
atrial fibrillation