Depression worsens outcomes in elderly patients with heart failure: An analysis of 48,117 patients in a community setting

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 714-721

  Macchia, Alejandro ^a   Monte, Simona ^a   Pellegrini, Fabio ^a   Romero, Marilena ^a   D'Ettorre, Antonio ^a   Tavazzi, Luigi ^b   Tognoni, Gianni ^a   Maggioni, Aldo P ^c  

^a Consorzio Mario Negri Sud ^*  (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c ANMCO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Depression; Heart failure; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BISOPROLOL; CARVEDILOL; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; IMIPRAMINE; MIANSERIN; MIRTAZAPINE; NEFAZODONE; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; REBOXETINE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; SPIRONOLACTONE; TRAZODONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ITALY; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 46149098062     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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