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What is the Relationship Between Depression, the Autonomic Nervous System and the Risk of Death in Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients?

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Cardiac Arrhythmias 1999

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Several studies have hypothesized a relationship between sudden death and neurophysiological factors. In particular, it has been suggested that there is a complex interrelationship between emotional disturbances (in particular, depression) and cardiovascular mortality in patients who have survived an acute myocardial infarction.

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  1. Istituto di Cardiologia, Università di Bari, Italy

    M. V. Pitzalis, A. Fioretti & P. Rizzon

  2. Istituto di Psichiatria, Università di Bari, Italy

    O. Todarello & C. Lattarulo

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  1. Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale Umberto I, Via Circonvallazione 50, I-30174, Venezia Mestre, Italy

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Pitzalis, M.V., Todarello, O., Fioretti, A., Lattarulo, C., Rizzon, P. (2000). What is the Relationship Between Depression, the Autonomic Nervous System and the Risk of Death in Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients?. In: Raviele, A. (eds) Cardiac Arrhythmias 1999. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2139-6_48

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