Research Progress in the Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine for Coronary Heart Disease with Depression

Coronary heart disease(CHD) is known as the psychosomatic disease at present.Psycho-society factor is strongly associated with the development,progress and prognosis of CHD,especially the factor of depression.The paper reviews pathogenesis on traditional Chinese medicine for CHD patients with depression,the mechanisms of depreesion on prognosis of CHD,and clinical intervention from the perspective of the Integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine.The incidence of CHD complicated with depression is increasing in recent years.It influences the development,progress and prognosis of CHD.Anti-depression therapy improves the prognosis of CHD with depression.