Heart Disease

Studies from McGill University yield new data on heart disease

Published in Mental Health Law Weekly, February 23rd, 2008

A new study, 'Usefulness of persistent symptoms of depression to predict physical health status 12 months after an acute coronary syndrome,' is now available. "Previous research has focused on the relation between depression after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and subsequent cardiac morbidity and mortality. However, the relation between depression and quality of life during recovery remains unclear," investigators in Montreal, Canada report.

"We investigated whether symptoms of depression during hospitalization for ACS or the course of depressive symptoms after ACS predict physical health status 12 months after ACS, controlling for physical health status at the time...

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