Pathophysiological basis of cardiovascular disease and depression: a chicken-and-egg dilemma Bases fisiopatológicas da doença cardiovascular e depressão: um dilema do ovo e da galinha

OBJECTIVE: To describe the pathophysiological basis linking cardiovascular disease (CVD) and depression; to discuss the causal relationship between them, and to review the effects of antidepressant treatment on cardiovascular disease. METHOD: A review of the literature based on the PubMed database....

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Main Authors: Gilberto Paz-Filho, Julio Licinio, Ma-Li Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2010-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462010000200015