This application is submitted for the collection of the necessary information for the research study, Prevalence and Clinical Course of Depression among Patients with Heart Failure. This is a single-center, prospective longitudinal research study conducted among Veterans with heart failure (HF). The overall intent of this study is to identify the patterns of depression in HF over time and to understand the temporal relationship between clinical depression, alterations in physical functioning, and levels of circulating biochemical markers in a highly vulnerable Veterans HF patient population. Knowledge regarding temporal relationships is vital to understanding how pathologic mechanisms of HF and depression interact and ultimately to designing optimal and complementary interventions for both conditions.
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