Clinical Depression Raises Risk Of Death For Heart Attack Patien...

Courtesy ScienceDaily Tue, 03/04/2008 - 22:00

Depressed heart attack patients have a higher risk for sudden death in the months following a heart attack. Now researchers have found that the risk continues for many years.

In the five years following a heart attack, 106 patients died. Of those, 62 had been diagnosed with depression, while 44 had not.

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