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Depression may trigger silent ischemia in women with new-onset angina.
2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women with recently diagnosed coronary heart disease are often depressed, but is the depression a consequence of, or a contributor to, disease severity?
In a new study, 139 women who had new-onset angina underwent 24-hour electrocardiogram monitoring and heart rate (HR) variability analysis. Depressive symptoms were rated on a standard scale, with the women grouped as severely (group 1), or mildly or nondepressed (group 2).
Twenty-two women had normal coronary angiograms (NCA); the other 117 had significant heart disease (artery narrowing above 50%).
The severely depressed group had 2.8 silent ischemic episodes versus 0.2 for the mildly depressed/nondepressed ...
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