Association between anxiety and mortality in patients with coronary artery disease: A meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depression and anxiety are common in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Although depression clearly has been associated with mortality in this population, the relationship between anxiety and mortality is less clear. Accordingly, we performed a series of meta-analyses to (1) examine the relationship between anxiety and mortality in patients with established CAD and (2) determine if this relationship differs in patients with stable CAD compared to those who have just had an acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

Methods and results

Systematic literature searches identified 44 articles (total N = 30,527) evaluating the prospective relationship between anxiety and mortality in individuals with established CAD. A series of 8 adjusted and unadjusted meta-analyses wer

SUBMITTER: Celano CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4684590 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature