Mental health and heart attacks: What a 22-million-person review suggests

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The Department of Medicine at University of Calgary led an analysis comparing several clinical mental disorders with risk of acute coronary syndrome, a term that includes heart attack and emergency chest pain resulting from reduced blood flow to the heart. Depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and sleep disorder showed increased risk in pooled estimates, though the evidence for any association was fragile.

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