Assessment of depression following acute myocardial infarction using the Beck depression inventory
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Assessment of depression following acute myocardial infarction using the Beck depression inventory.
S urvivors of myocardial infarction (MI) who are depressed are at increased risk of cardiac death and morbidity than those who are not depressed. This adverse effect is independent of the severity of the underlying ischaemic heart disease. However, additional care is rarely taken of depressed patients, largely due to a failure in identification. Most studies have used time consuming interviews ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0007-0769
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.013904