The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 8 , Pages 683-690 , August 2010

Assessing the Presence and Severity of Depression in Subjects with Comorbid Coronary Heart Disease

  • W. Victor R. Vieweg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests should be addressed to W. Victor R. Vieweg, MD, 17 Runswick Drive, Richmond, VA 23238-5414
    • ,
  • Mehrul Hasnain, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sir Thomas Roddick Hospital, Stephenville and Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada
    • ,
  • Edward J. Lesnefsky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
    • Medical Service, Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond
    • ,
  • Elizabeth E. Turf, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
    • Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
    • Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
    • ,
  • Ananda K. Pandurangi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond

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 Funding: None.

 Conflict of Interest: None of the authors have any conflicts of interest associated with the work presented in this manuscript.

 Authorship: All authors had access to the data and played a role in writing this manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(10)00174-9

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.01.020

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 8 , Pages 683-690 , August 2010

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