American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 77-83 , January 2009

Ethnic differences in the treatment of depression in patients with ischemic heart disease

Received 14 July 2008 ,Accepted 13 August 2008.

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 This study was supported by grant MH 49679 from the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD) and grant M01-RR-30 from the Duke Clinical Research Unit Program, National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health.

 Guest editor: Hector O. Ventura, MD.

PII: S0002-8703(08)00720-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.08.013

American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 77-83 , January 2009

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