PMID: 9161557Jan 1, 1997Paper

Psychopathological disorders and coronary diseases

La Revue de médecine interne
R BoisseauP J Parquet

Abstract

The role of psychological factors in the genesis of coronary diseases has been considered for a long time. Friedman took it upon himself to describe a personality profile (pattern A) constituting a risk factor for coronary heart disease of which, however, the practical interest seems limited. The association of psychopathological conditions and coronary heart disease has on the other hand not been extensively studied. Recent epidemiological data show that anxiety and depressive states represent a high comorbidity with coronary heart diseases. Panic attacks remain underestimated; they seem to participate in a complex physiopathological mechanism along with ischemic coronary heart diseases. Recent studies have shown that the existence of a depressive illness during coronary heart disease and particularly in the time period following a myocardial infarction, constitutes an independent risk factor, thus increasing the mortality rate. The evolution of coronary heart disease seems greatly influenced by the existence of anxious or depressive states, the diagnosis and the treatment of these states represent a major interest towards a better management of coronary patients.

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