Table 1 Summary of terms included in the PubMed search

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Mood disorders [MeSH] OR depression [MeSH] AND Heart disease/epidemiology/etiology/mortality/prevention and control/psychology/rehabilitation [MeSH]

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Mood disorders [MeSH] OR depression [MeSH] AND Cardiovascular diseases/epidemiology/etiology/mortality/prevention and control/psychology/rehabilitation [MeSH] AND myocardial [tw] OR coronary [tw]

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Personality [MeSH] OR personality tests [MeSH] OR stress, psychological [MeSH] AND Depression [tw] OR depressive [tw] AND Heart disease/epidemiology/etiology/mortality/prevention and control/psychology/rehabilitation [MeSH]

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Cohort studies [MeSH] OR survival analysis [MeSH] OR proportional hazards model [MeSH] OR case-control studies [MeSH] AND Depression [tw] OR depressive [tw] AND Heart disease/epidemiology/etiology/mortality/prevention and control/psychology/rehabilitation [MeSH]

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Antidepressive agents/adverse effects [MeSH] AND Heart disease/epidemiology/etiology/mortality/prevention and control/psychology/rehabilitation [MeSH] AND Cohort studies [MeSH] OR survival analysis [MeSH] OR proportional hazards model [MeSH] OR case-control [MeSH]