Several studies have shown that depression is an important predictor of morbidity and
mortality in patients with ischaemic heart failure. We have investigated whether clinically
recognised depression is linked to mortality in patients with non‐ischaemic heart failure due
to dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in the Royal Brompton Hospital (RBH), a tertiary cardiac
centre located in London, UK. We retrospectively examined a cohort of 396 consecutive
adult patients with DCM who satisfied our inclusion and exclusion criteria identified from an …

Background: Several studies have shown that depression is an important predictor of
mortality and morbidity in patients with ischaemic heart failure. We have looked at whether
depression is linked to mortality in patients with non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy
(DCM). Methods and Results: From 1994-1998 using the Royal Brompton Hospital (RBH)
Echocardiographic Laboratory database and the RBH medical records, we retrospectively
examined a cohort 396 consecutive patients with DCM who satisfied our inclusion and …