Depression and the ischemic heart disease

Authors

  • Grzegorz Opielak Chair and Department of Human Anatomy. Medical University of Lublin, Poland Author
  • Mykola Tsyganok Student Scientific Anatomical Circle at Chair and Department of Human Anatomy. Medical University of Lublin, Poland Author
  • Jakub Piotrkowicz Student Scientific Anatomical Circle at Chair and Department of Human Anatomy. Medical University of Lublin, Poland Author
  • Łukasz Szeszko Student Scientific Anatomical Circle at Chair and Department of Human Anatomy. Medical University of Lublin, Poland Author
  • Ryszard Maciejewski Chair and Department of Human Anatomy. Medical University of Lublin, Poland; Chair of Emergency Medicine, WSIZ, Rzeszów, Poland Author
  • Wojciech Dworzański Chair and Department of Human Anatomy. Medical University of Lublin, Poland Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12923/j.0044-2011/123-2/a.17

Keywords:

depression, co-occurrenc, cardio-vascular disease

Abstract

Depression and coronary heart disease are more and more frequently co-occurring illnesses. It is noticed that individuals falling to the severe episode of the ischemic heart disease are more often struck by depression. Individuals, at whom disorders appeared with the depressive background, present an increased risk of the ischemic heart disease development. An inherent prognostic element in the course of cardio-vascular illnesses is a mental state of the sick person. The key element of prevention and curing in cardio-vascular illnesses is an appropriate contact, full understanding of the problem of the ischemic heart disease, which in the course of depression are made difficult.

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2013-04-01