What are the mechanisms underlying the association between depression and cardiovascular disease?

Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-114

  Hamer, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary artery disease; Depression; Prognosis; Psychosocial stress

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLIC REGULATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 84869470159     PISSN: 12729949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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