American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 106, Issue 8 , Pages 1104-1107 , 15 October 2010

Depressive Symptoms and All-Cause Mortality in Unstable Angina Pectoris (from the Coronary Psychosocial Evaluation Studies [COPES])

  • William Whang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Daichi Shimbo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Ian M. Kronish, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
    • Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • ,
  • W. Lane Duvall, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Howard Julien, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Padmini Iyer, BA

      Affiliations

    • Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Matthew M. Burg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
    • Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
    • ,
  • Karina W. Davidson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 212-342-4493; fax: 212-342-3431

Received 18 March 2010 ,Revised 2 June 2010 ,Accepted 2 June 2010.

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 This work was supported by Grants HC-25197, HL-076857, HL-088117, and HL-084034 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

PII: S0002-9149(10)01198-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.06.015

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 106, Issue 8 , Pages 1104-1107 , 15 October 2010

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