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Depression and human immunodeficiency virus infection are risk factors for incident heart failure among veterans:

Jessica R White1, Chung-Chou H Chang1, Kaku A So-Armah1

  • 1From Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, PA (J.R.W.); Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA (C.-C.H.C.); Department of Medicine, Boston University, MA (K.A.S.-A.); Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (J.C.S., T.K.); Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (S.K.G.); Hamad Healthcare Quality Institute, Doha, Qatar (A.A.B.); Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar (A.A.B.); VA Medical Center, Washington, DC (C.L.G.); Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (D.R.); Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, GA (D.R.); Infectious Diseases Section, Michael E. DeBakey VAMC and Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (M.C.R.-B.); UCLA School of Medicine and Division of General Medicine, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, CA (D.A.L.); Department of Medicine, VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas (R.J.B.); Division of Cardiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore (J.S.G.); Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, The Netherlands (W.J.K.); Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (S.S.G.); Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, CA (M.J.B.); Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN (H.T.); Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (A.C.J.); Veterans Affairs Connecticut Health Care System, West Haven Veterans Administration Medical Center, CT (A.C.J.); and Cardiovascular Medicine Division, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN (M.S.F.).

Circulation
|September 12, 2015
PubMed
Summary

Major depressive disorder (MDD) significantly increases heart failure (HF) risk in adults with HIV. Managing MDD in HIV-positive individuals is crucial for reducing HF incidence and improving cardiovascular health.

Keywords:
HIVdepressionepidemiologyheart failure

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