Platelet Serotonin Signaling in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease and Comorbid Depression

Conclusions Depressed cardiovascular patients had higher serotonin receptor density and significantly higher incidence of major and minor cardiac adverse events. Future studies with larger sample sizes including patients with more severe depression are needed to expand on the present hypothesis-generating findings.
Source: Psychosomatic Medicine - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research