Changes in quality of life, depression, general anxiety, and heart‐focused anxiety after defibrillator implantation

Abstract Aims The Anxiety‐CHF (Anxiety in patients with Chronic Heart Failure) study investigated heart‐focused anxiety (HFA, with the dimensions fear, attention, and avoidance of physical activity), general anxiety, depression, and quality of life (QoL) in patients with heart failure. Psychological...

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Published in:	ESC Heart Failure
Main Authors:	Ingrid Kindermann, Sonja Maria Wedegärtner, Benedikt Bernhard, Julia Ukena, Denise Lenski, Julia Karbach, Igor Schwantke, Christian Ukena, Michael Böhm
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2021-08-01
Subjects:	Implantable cardioverter defibrillator Implantation Heart failure Heart‐focused anxiety General anxiety Quality of life
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.13416