Animal companions and one-year survival of patients after discharge from a coronary care unit.

This study looked at the effects of social isolation and social support on the survival of patients who were hospitalized in a CCU with a diagnosis of MI or angina pectoris (AP). Social factors have been reported to account for some of the variation in the incidence of MI and AP (25,28), but...

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