Research has shown that depressed people are at higher risk for all types of cardiac events, including a heart attack. Now, researchers also have found that patients who were hospitalized for a heart attack or unstable angina, and who suffered persistent depression for a year following their hospitalization, had poorer health in general than patients who were not depressed or who experienced only transient depression, according to a study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Cardiology. This means it is crucial for heart patients to identify and treat depression.
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