Heart disease patients may be at higher risk of heart attacks, strokes, heart failure and death if they suffer from anxiety too, a US journal report says.
In a study of more than 1,000 people with heart disease, researchers noted a 74% increased risk of cardiovascular events in those with an anxiety disorder.
The study appeared in Archives of General Psychiatry.
More research is needed to understand the link, say British experts.
Researchers from Tilburg University in the Netherlands followed up the group of patients after an average of five and a half years.
They found that the yearly rate of cardiovascular events was 9.6% in the 106 patients who suffered from a general anxiety disorder.
In the 909 patients without an anxiety disorder, the rate was 6.6%.
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