Depression in cardiovascular patients in the Middle Eastern populations

Depression in cardiovascular patients in the Middle Eastern populations

Tam Truong Donnellycorrespondenceemail, Jassim M. Al Suwaidi, Awad Alqahtani, Nidal Assad, Najla Abdul Qader, Rajvir Singh, Tak S. Fung, Irem Mueed, Noha El Banna, Shima Sharara

international journal of cardiology October 12, 2013Volume 168, Issue 5, Pages 5110–5111

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.07.242

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are increasing in developing Middle Eastern (ME) countries. It has been anticipated that from 1990 to 2020 the mortality rate from ischemic heart disease in the Middle East will increase by 146% in females and 174% in males [1]. The INTERHEART Middle East study of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients in Egypt, Kuwait, UAE, Iran, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Israel revealed that these countries had the largest number of AMI cases below the age of 40 and youngest average age (52 years) for the occurrence of the first AMI in comparison to North American and European populations [2].

Keywords

Depression in cardiovascular patients, Arab cardiovascular patients, Depression–cardiovascular in the Middle East

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