Depression and risk of heart failure among the elderly: a prospective community-based study.

A Williams, Setareh; V Kasl, Stanislav; Heiat, Asefeh; L Abramson, Jerome; M Krumholz, Harlan; Vaccarino, Viola

doi:10.1097/00006842-200201000-00002

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Depression and risk of heart failure among the elderly: a prospective community-based study.

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Setareh A Williams

Stanislav V Kasl

Asefeh Heiat

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Although the association between depression and the incidence of coronary heart disease has been established in many studies, the impact of depression on the incidence of heart failure has not been previously investigated. METHODS: We examined the effect of depression (assessed by means o...

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