Importance Depression and anxiety are associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes in
patients with recent acute cardiac events. There has been minimal study of collaborative …

Background—Depression is independently associated with poor outcomes among patients
with acute cardiac disease. Collaborative care depression management programs have …

BACKGROUND: Depression in cardiac patients is common, under-recognized, and
independently associated with mortality. OBJECTIVES: Our objectives in this initial report …

Objective: To present the design of the Bypassing the Blues (BtB) study to examine the
impact of a collaborative care strategy for treating depression among patients with cardiac …

Objective To assess the association of baseline anxiety with depression persistence and
change in depressive symptoms 6 months after cardiac hospitalization. Methods Data were …

Importance Depression is often comorbid in patients with heart failure (HF) and is associated
with worse clinical outcomes. However, depression generally goes unrecognized and …

Background Psychiatric disorders, such as depression, are very common in cardiac patients
and are independently linked to adverse cardiac outcomes, including mortality …

Background Depressive symptoms are an established predictor of mortality and major
adverse cardiac events (defined as nonfatal myocardial infarction or hospitalization for …

Objectives To systematically review the efficacy of collaborative care (CC) for depression in
adults with coronary heart disease (CHD) and depression. Design Systematic review and …

Objective Although depression is a risk and prognostic factor for cardiovascular disease
(CVD), depression trials involving cardiac patients have not observed the anticipated …