No higher risk of myocardial infarction among bipolar patients in a 6-year follow-up of acute mood episodes

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-76

  Lin, Herng Ching ^a   Tsai, Shang Ying ^b,c   Lee, Hsin Chien ^b,c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute mood episode; Acute myocardial infarction; Bipolar disorder; Cardiovascular disease; Population based study

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN;

AGED; APPENDECTOMY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38149121457     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31815c1e93     Document Type: Article

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