Background In patients with heart failure (HF), depression and anxiety disorders are
common and associated with adverse outcomes such as reduced adherence to treatment …

Despite improvements in pharmacological therapy and pacing, prognosis in advanced heart
failure (HF) remains poor, with a 1‐year mortality of 25–50%. While heart transplantation …

There is a bidirectional relationship between depression and chronic medical disorders. The
adverse health risk behaviors and psychobiological changes associated with depression …

This article describes a meta-analysis of published associations between depression and
heart failure (HF) in regard to 3 questions: 1) What is the prevalence of depression among …

Depression is prevalent in patients with physical disorders, particularly in those with severe
disorders such as cancer, stroke, and acute coronary syndrome. Depression has an adverse …

BACKGROUND: Primary care patients with anxiety and depression often describe multiple
physical symptoms, but no systematic review has studied the effect of anxiety and …

Objectives: To determine the effect of collaborative care management for depression on
physical functioning in older adults. Design: Multisite randomized clinical trial. Setting …

Heart failure (HF) is a syndrome that has shown increasing morbidity and mortality during
the last decades. Apart from myocardial hypertrophy, the pathogenetic mechanisms of HF …

Background Heart failure (HF) is a progressive symptomatic illness with reports suggesting
that patients experience multiple symptoms. Symptom clusters constitute symptoms that co …

Quality of life is a major goal in the context of preventive and therapeutic cardiology. It is
important, both as an outcome measure in clinical trials of congestive heart failure (CHF) …