Clinical depression is associated with an increased risk of mortality in patients with non-ischaemic heart failure.
It is also associated with a greater risk of hospital readmission in these patients, according to investigators.
Previous studies have shown that depression is associated with morbidity and mortality in ischaemic heart failure, but its effects in non-ischaemic heart failure patients have been unclear.
Investigators from the Departments of Clinical Cardiology and Cardiac Medicine at the Royal Bromptom Hospital in London, England, retrospectively studied 396 consecutive patients with non-ischaemic heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy.
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