Why the study?
Does systolic heart failure or ischaemic heart disease accelerate cerebral grey matter loss, cognitive decline, or mood disorders over 2 years compared to healthy controls?
Does systolic heart failure or ischaemic heart disease accelerate cerebral grey matter loss, cognitive decline, or mood disorders over 2 years compared to healthy controls?
Adults with systolic heart failure experience progressive anxiety and depressive symptoms over 2 years, which correlates with regional grey matter loss in emotion-regulating brain areas, despite no accelerated global cognitive decline.
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May support mood monitoring in HF; leaves open whether regional grey matter loss drives anxiety/depression progression.
Almeida et al. (2013) studied this question.
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