A study of heart rate variability in depression: could it be a state marker?

Conclusion Autonomic cardiac imbalance in major depression is comparable to that present in mentally healthy cardiac patients themselves. Whether this imbalance is a state marker of depression or not is still debatable, and giving special concern to reverse it is of utmost importance in decreasing cardiac mortality and morbidity in major depression.
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research