Association between depressive episode before first myocardial infarction and worse cardiac failure following infarction.

Depression following myocardial infarction is associated with a higher mortality rate. The authors studied 314 patients admitted to the hospital with a first myocardial infarction to assess whether cardiac failure after the infarction, which is also linked to a higher mortality rate, was predicted by psychosocial characteristics present before the myocardial infarction. One-fifth (20.7%) of the subjects met the ICD-10 criteria for depressive episode in the 1 month before the attack. Variables independently associated with worse cardiac failure after the myocardial infarction were greater age, a history of angina preceding the infarction, and a previous depressive episode. The impact of depression on postinfarction outcome may result from the influence of preinfarction depression on the degree of cardiac failure.

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