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Prognostic Association of Depression Following Myocardial Infarction With Mortality and Cardiovascular Events: A Meta-analysis

Joost P. van Melle, MD, Peter de Jonge, PhD, Titia A. Spijkerman, MD, Jan G. P. Tijssen, PhD, Johan Ormel, PhD, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, MD, PhD, Rob H. S. van den Brink, PhD and Maarten P. van den Berg, MD, PhD

From the Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter (J.P.v.M., D.J.v.V., M.P.v.d.B.), and the Department of Psychiatry (P.d.J., T.A.S., J.O., R.H.S.v.d.B.), University Hospital Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; and the Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (J.G.P.T.).



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  		Figure 1. Flow chart representing the literature search. N = number of articles.

 


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  		Figure 2. Association between depression and all-cause mortality.

 


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  		Figure 3. Association between depression and cardiac mortality.

 


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  		Figure 4. Association between depression and cardiovascular events.

 


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  		Figure 5. Funnel plots of selected studies.

 




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