QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE OF ISCHEMIC ETIOLOGY: ROLE OF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the quality of life (QоL) in patients with anxiety and depressive disorders (ADD) and chronic heart failure (CHF) of ischemic origin. METHODS: The study involved 142 patients (85 men and 57 women, mean age 66,4 ± 10,5 years) with CHF NYHA II-IV functional class. To identify a...

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Main Authors: N. T. Vatutin, М. А. Khrystychenko, E. V. Keting
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University 2013-12-01
Series:Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University: Series Medicine
Online Access:http://periodicals.karazin.ua/medicine/article/view/3413/2986