Depression after heart disease ups risk of heart failure

Patients with heart disease who are subsequently diagnosed with depression are at greater risk for heart failure (HF), a condition in which the heart can't pump enough blood throughout the body, according to a new study published in the April 21, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. This study -the first to investigate the influence of depression after heart disease on the likelihood of developing HF -also found that taking antidepressant medications to ease depressive symptoms did not appear to mitigate this risk.

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