Abstract:Anxiety is the most common mental health disorder in the United States, affecting nearly a third of the population. As for depression, it is associated with increased risk of incident coronary heart disease (CHD) and poor cardiac prognosis. The pathophysiological mechanism underlying this "deleterious" association is not well defined. While several hypotheses have been proposed, few seem proven in original studies. A narrative literature review was thus performed to identify all original studies that looked at… Show more
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