Objective: Depression is associated with increased morbidity, mortality and hospital
readmission in patients with heart failure (HF). This systematic review aimed to compile …

Depression is associated with an increased risk of death in patients with heart failure (HF);
however, the association between the use of antidepressants and HF prognoses remains …

Objective The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on the impact of
antidepressants on depressive symptom severity, quality of life (QoL), morbidity, and …

Background Depression is a risk factor for mortality in patients with heart failure (HF),
however, treating depression with antidepressant therapy does not seem to improve …

Background This study was designed to assess whether depression and the use of
antidepressants were related to long-term mortality in heart failure. Methods Heart failure …

BACKGROUND: This study was designed to assess whether pharmacologically treated
depression was associated with increased mortality risk in systolic heart failure (SHF) …

Major depression is a common feature of heart failure patients and possibly stems from their
common biochemical background. Depression and heart failure co-morbidity has several …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this secondary data analysis was to compare event-free
survival among four groups of patients with heart failure (HF) that were stratified by presence …

Background Recent studies suggest that the use of antidepressants may be associated with
increased mortality in patients with cardiac disease. Because depression has also been …

Mortality and morbidity rates remain high in patients with heart failure despite advances in
medical therapy. Heart failure can also significantly worsen quality of life. Attention has been …