RT Journal
A1 Voelker R
T1 Study: Acute coronary events linked with ptsd
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD July 11
VO 308
IS 2
SP 121
OP 121
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.7948
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.7948
AB 
In a meta-analysis, researchers examined data from 24 studies that included 2383 patients with acute coronary events worldwide. The study also showed that developing PTSD doubles the risk of having another acute episode or dying within 1 to 3 years, compared with cardiac patients who didn't develop PTSD. Given that some 1.4 million patients are hospitalized annually with an acute coronary event, the investigators estimated that 12%, or 168 000 patients, will develop PTSD (Edmondson D et al. PLoS ONE. 2012;7[6]:e38915).