Elevated Depression Symptoms Predict Long-Term Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure | Zendy

Nancy FrasureSmith | Zendy; François Lespérance | Zendy; Martine E. Habra | Zendy; Mario Talajic | Zendy; Paul Khairy | Zendy; Paul Dorian | Zendy; DenisClaude Roy | Zendy

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Elevated Depression Symptoms Predict Long-Term Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure

Author(s) -

Nancy FrasureSmith,

François Lespérance,

Martine E. Habra,

Mario Talajic,

Paul Khairy,

Paul Dorian,

DenisClaude Roy

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.109.851675

Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , hazard ratio , heart failure , depression (economics) , ejection fraction , cardiology , confidence interval , beck depression inventory , proportional hazards model , psychiatry , anxiety , economics , macroeconomics

Depression predicts prognosis in many cardiac conditions, including congestive heart failure (CHF). Despite heightened cardiac risk in patients with comorbid atrial fibrillation (AF) and CHF, depression has not been studied in this group. This substudy, from the AF-CHF Trial of rate- versus rhythm-control strategies, investigated whether depression predicts long-term cardiovascular mortality in patients with left ventricular ejection fraction <or=35%, CHF symptoms, and AF history who receive optimal medical care.

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