Reversal of increased arterial stiffness in severely depressed women after 6-week antidepressant treatment

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 164-166

  Oulis, Panagiotis ^a   Kouzoupis, Anastasios ^a   Kyrkou, Katerina ^b   Masdrakis, Vasilios G ^a   Georgiopoulos, George ^b   Karapoulios, Evangelos ^a   Georgiou, Stellios ^b   Karakatsanis, Nikolaos A ^a   Lykka, Maria ^b   Papadimitriou, George N ^a   Papamichael, Christos ^b   Stamatelopoulos, Kimon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Arterial stiffness; Cardiovascular disease; Major depression; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 77649183274     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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