Heart failure patients with depression have four times risk of death
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
Moderate-to-severe depression quadruples the death rate among heart failure patients. Patients who have heart failure and are also moderately or severely depressed are twice as likely to go the emergency room or require hospitalization. Heart failure patients who report feeling mildly depressed also had an increased risk of death.