Depression and ischemic heart disease

الملخص EN

The paper reviews the topic of the relationship between depression and Ischemic heart disease, depression has been established as an independent risk factor of myocardial infarction.

The high prevalence of depression in chronic diseases is becoming more clear, the diagnosis and treatment of depression has great impact on the prognosis of IHD and many chronic diseases, the clinical implication of these findings are discussed with special emphasis on the use of antidepressants in cardiac patients.