Cardiovascular nursing congress highlights psychological links to heart disease

Professor Donna Fitzsimons, Chair of CCNAP: “Psychological factors have a major impact on how people respond to their cardiac disease and how it develops. We know for example that people who are depressed do much worse after a cardiac event irrespective of optimal medical treatment, and there have been recent suggestions in the literature that depression should be treated as a separate risk factor.” Topics: Cardiovascular Nursing, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management
Source: ESC News and Press - Category: Cardiology Source Type: news