Heart Condition Induced By Stress, Anxiety, Treated With Antidepressant

A drug commonly used to treat depression and anxiety may improve a stress-related heart condition in people with stable coronary heart disease, according to researchers at Duke Medicine. Compared with those receiving placebo, people who took the antidepressant escitalopram (sold as Lexapro) were more than two-and-a-half times less likely to have mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia (MSIMI), a heart condition brought on by mental stress...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anxiety / Stress Source Type: news