Depression and anxiety should be considered risk factors for coronary artery disease, say scientists after finding both conditions are associated with the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Although there is increasing evidence that depression increases the risk for acute coronary syndromes, depressive disease is not included in the list of important and independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease, and it is still not common practice for clinicians to screen for depression, explain the researchers.

To quantify the association between depression and AMI, Anne Jakobsen, from Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark, and colleagues studied all ...

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