Major depressive disorder in chronic heart failure patients: Does silent cerebral infarction cause major depressive disorder in this patient population?

• Hlavní autoři: Güliz Kozdağ (Autor), İrem Yaluğ (Autor), Nagihan İnan (Autor), Gökhan Ertaş (Autor), Macit Selekler (Autor), Hüseyin Kutlu (Autor), Ayşe Kutlu (Autor), Ender Emre (Autor), Metin Çetin (Autor), Dilek Ural (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: KARE Publishing, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Témata: article
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OBJECTIVE: Depression frequently occurs in patients with heart failure as similar pathophysiological mechanisms present in both these diseases. Patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) have a high incidence of clinically asymptomatic silent cerebral infarction (SCI). This study aimed to evaluate t...