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Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure

Author(s) -

James K. Rustad,

Theodore A. Stern,

Kathy Hebert,

Dominique L. Musselman

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the primary care companion for cns disorders

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2155-7772

pISSN - 2155-7780

DOI - 10.4088/pcc.13r01511

Subject(s) - heart failure , medicine , depression (economics) , tolerability , cardiology , intensive care medicine , adverse effect , economics , macroeconomics

Major depressive disorder (MDD) can be challenging to diagnose in patients with congestive heart failure, who often suffer from fatigue, insomnia, weight changes, and other neurovegetative symptoms that overlap with those of depression. Pathophysiologic mechanisms (eg, inflammation, autonomic nervous system dysfunction, cardiac arrhythmias, and altered platelet function) connect depression and congestive heart failure.

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