Anxiety disorders increase risk for incident myocardial infarction in depressed and nondepressed Veterans Administration patients

American Heart Journal

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 772-779

  Scherrer, Jeffrey F ^a,b   Chrusciel, Timothy ^a,b   Zeringue, Angelique ^a,b   Garfield, Lauren D ^a,c   Hauptman, Paul J ^a,c   Lustman, Patrick J ^a,b   Freedland, Kenneth E ^b   Carney, Robert M ^b   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^a,b   Owen, Richard ^d,e,f   True, William R ^a,g  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PHOBIA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 77951533708     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.02.033     Document Type: Article

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