By Erik Swain
Among cardiac arrest survivors, women were more likely to report anxiety, depressive symptoms and PTSD than men, researchers reported at the European Society of Cardiology’s Acute Cardiovascular Care congress.
“Cardiac arrest occurs with little or no warning and it’s common to feel anxious and low afterwards,” Jesper Kjaergaard, MD, PhD, DMSc, consultant cardiologist at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark, said in a press release. Read more in Healio.