Anxiety and Depression after Myocardial Infarction: Can Inflammatory Factors be Involved?

This interesting article published by Serpytis et al., evaluated the presence of depression and anxiety disorders after acute myocardial infarction, and the different forms of presentation and prevalence according to patient gender and age.

The authors observed that over a period of up to 31 days after an acute myocardial infarction, more than two-thirds of the patients had depression and /or anxiety disorders. Women had a higher prevalence of these comorbidities when compared to men and also tended to have more severe presentations of both depression and anxiety disorders. Additionally, in men, depression was more severe and anxiety disorder was less severe as they were older; whereas in women these comorbidities showed a linear presentation regarding severity, regardless of the age factor.

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