Safety and Efficacy of Sertraline for Depression in Patients with CHF (SADHART-CHF): A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of sertraline for major depression with congestive heart failure

American Heart Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 437-444

  Jiang, Wei ^a   O'Connor, Christopher ^a   Silva, Susan G ^a   Kuchibhatla, Maragatha ^a   Cuffe, Michael S ^a   Callwood, Dwayne D ^a,b,c   Zakhary, Bosh ^d   Henke, Elizabeth ^e   Arias, Rebekka M ^a   Krishnan, Ranga ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c Alamance Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^d Virginia Research Institute   (United States)

^e Triangle Orthopaedic Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMILTON SCALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SERTRALINE;

EID: 49949102455     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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