Prevalence of depression in postmyocardial infarction patients in a tertiary care center in Riyadh.

Background: The coexistence of coronary artery disease (CAD) and depression is a growing concern, as both conditions lead to disability. Although depression is more prevalent in CAD patients than in the general population and has been associated with adverse cardiac outcomes, the underlying mechanisms linking depression and CAD are not yet fully understood. This study aims to assess the prevalence of depression in postmyocardial infarction (MI) patients as baseline data in Saudi Arabia.

Diabetic neuropathy. Correlation with other diabetic microvascular complications.

Objective: We studied the frequency of neuropathy in Saudi patients with definite diabetic microvascular complications and compared it to patients without complications. A high frequency of neuropathy in patients with definite microvascular complications would suggest a vascular etiology.

Methods: The study group consisted of 201 type-2 diabetic patients followed in the diabetic clinic of King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.