Depression increases the risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) in patients without heart disease through autonomic dysregulation, inflammation, and endothelial dysfunction, say Italian researchers.
"Our findings are relevant from the pathophysiological viewpoint, but also possibly as a therapeutic target, since there are today several pharmacological, dietary, and lifestyle options to treat endothelial dysfunction and inflammation very early and effectively in the course of the disease," the authors write in the European Heart Journal.
Depression is known to increase the risk for ...
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