ABSTRACT
Depression found to be common after acute myocardial infarction AMI, its recognition and treatment may be important to reduce its consequences. To clarify the effect of depression following AMI. Prospective study was conducted at the coronary care unit [CCU] at Ibn-Sena, Mosul teaching hospital. Two hundred cases with AMI ages 25 years up to 75 years were included. Depression was prevalent after AMI, with a higher incidence in females, 57% vs 43% for males. P value < 0.05 and odds ratio: 2.85, this study found that higher percentage of depression was among those with low educational and socioeconomic state and discovered that patients with depression following AMI developed more cardiac complications such as recurrent angina, recurrent AMI, arrhythmia, congestive cardiac failure [CCF] and death more than non depressed patients, 38% of the depressed group needed coronary angiogram vs 23% of non depressed. Patients who developed depression following [AMI] are more prone to complications