American Heart Journal
Volume 154, Issue 1 , Pages 102-108 , July 2007

Relationship between depressive symptoms and long-term mortality in patients with heart failure

  • Wei Jiang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Wei Jiang, MD, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3366, Durham, NC 27710.
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  • Maragatha Kuchibhatla, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Aging Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Greg L. Clary, MD

      Affiliations

    • Grace Hospital, Morganton, NC
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  • Michael S. Cuffe, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Eric J. Christopher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Jude D. Alexander, MD

      Affiliations

    • Medicine/Psychiatry Services, Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, Rockville, MD
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  • Robert M. Califf, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Ranga R. Krishnan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Christopher M. O'Connor, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Received 6 November 2006 ,Accepted 23 March 2007.

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 The study was supported in part by National Institutes of Mental Health grants R01MH51191 and R01MH63211-Minority Supplement Award (WJ), and the APIRE/Merck & Co. Early Academic Career Research Award, 2004 (WJ).

PII: S0002-8703(07)00271-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.03.043

American Heart Journal
Volume 154, Issue 1 , Pages 102-108 , July 2007

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