2016
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease
Burg MM, Soufer R. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease. Current Cardiology Reports 2016, 18: 94. PMID: 27566327, DOI: 10.1007/s11886-016-0770-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-traumatic stress disorderCardiovascular diseaseStress disorderIncident hypertension riskIncident cardiovascular diseaseAcute cardiac eventsEmergency department environmentCardiac eventsCardiovascular mortalityEarly recurrenceMilitary veteran sampleHypertension riskClinical pathwayPatient experiencePTSD treatmentPTSD onsetTrauma exposureVeteran sampleAutomobile accidentsDepartment environmentMortalityDiseaseRiskTraumaDisorders
2003
Depressive Symptoms and Mortality Two Years After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG) in Men
Burg MM, Benedetto C, Soufer R. Depressive Symptoms and Mortality Two Years After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG) in Men. Psychosomatic Medicine 2003, 65: 508-510. PMID: 12883097, DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000077509.39465.79.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryElevated depressive symptomsDepressive symptomsCardiovascular mortalityTwo-year cardiovascular mortalityArtery bypass graft surgeryHistory of CHFBypass graft surgeryHistory of COPDLong-term mortalityCABG patientsPresurgical symptomsCABG surgeryCardiac mortalityGraft surgeryImportant independent contributorMedical morbidityPathophysiological mechanismsMortality riskIndependent contributorsSymptomsMortalitySurgeryBDI-1Multivariate model