2022
The association of depression with mortality and major adverse limb event outcomes in patients with peripheral artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Scierka LE, Mena-Hurtado C, Ahmed ZV, Yousef S, Arham A, Grimshaw AA, Harris KM, Burg M, Vriens PW, Heyligers J, Lee M, Yazgan I, Smolderen KG. The association of depression with mortality and major adverse limb event outcomes in patients with peripheral artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2022, 320: 169-177. PMID: 36179780, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.09.098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse limb eventsPeripheral artery diseaseAssociation of depressionCause mortalityArtery diseaseDepressive symptomsSystematic reviewAdverse limb eventsAdverse prognostic outcomeCoronary artery diseaseRisk of biasImportant comorbidityPoor outcomeAdverse outcomesPrognostic outcomesPooled resultsRisk factorsObservational studyTreatment statusLimb eventsDepression severityPatientsLarger sample sizeMortalityRisk estimates
2021
Psychological factors and cardiac repolarization instability during anger in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients
Krantz DS, Harris KM, Rogers HL, Whittaker KS, Haigney MCP, Kop WJ. Psychological factors and cardiac repolarization instability during anger in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients. Annals Of Noninvasive Electrocardiology 2021, 26: e12848. PMID: 33813750, PMCID: PMC8293621, DOI: 10.1111/anec.12848.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQT variability indexCoronary artery diseaseCardiac repolarization instabilityICD patientsAnger recallArrhythmic vulnerabilityRepolarization instabilityRepolarization labilityHighest QT variability indexImplantable cardioverter defibrillator patientsCardiac repolarization labilitySudden cardiac deathCardioverter-defibrillator patientsImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorArtery diseaseCardiac deathICD groupMalignant arrhythmiasDefibrillator patientsHealthy controlsContinuous ECGCardioverter defibrillatorPatientsSelf-rated angerAcute anger