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Does depression increase the risk of incident heart failure in older persons with isolated systolic hypertension?
Does depression increase the risk of incident heart failure in older persons with isolated systolic hypertension?
Depression is independently associated with a substantial increase in the risk of incident heart failure among older persons with isolated systolic hypertension, independent of myocardial infarction.
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Depression associated with higher incident HF risk in older isolated systolic hypertension patients; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Abramson et al. (2001) studied this question.
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