ArticleHeart and vessels2014
Depression, psychological distress, and quality of life in patients with cardioverter defibrillator with or without cardiac resynchronization therapy.
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- Depression and anxiety in patients receiving an implantable cardioverter defibrillator with or without cardiac resynchronization therapy.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2025Article
- The impact of shock therapy on depression development and remote prognosis in cardiac resynchronization therapy recipients.Cardiology journal · 2025Observational
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- Safety and efficacy of high-rate cutoff and long detection interval ICD programming in secondary prevention patients.Heart and vessels · 2017Article
- Time-Dependent Changes in Psychosocial Distress in Japanese Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators.The Kobe journal of medical sciences · 2016Article
- Insight into specific pro-arrhythmic triggers in Brugada and early repolarization syndromes: results of long-term follow-up.Heart and vessels · 2016Article
- Prognostic significance of beta-blocker up-titration in conjunction with cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure management.Heart and vessels · 2016Observational
- Additive clinical value of serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor for prediction of chronic heart failure outcome.Heart and vessels · 2016Article
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- VT ablation: New Developments and Approaches.Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine · 2014Article
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Abstract
Congestive heart failure is frequent and leads to reduced exercise capacity, reduced quality of life (QoL), and depression in many patients. Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) offer therapeutic options and may have an impact on QoL and depression. This study was performed to evaluate physical and mental health in patients undergoing ICD or combined CRT/ICD-implantation (CRT-D). Echocardiography, spiroergometry, and psychometric questionnaires [Beck Depression Inventory, General World Health Organization Five Well-being Index (WHO-5), Brief Symptom Inventory and 36-item Short Form (SF-36)] were obtained in 39 patients (ICD: 17, CRT-D: 22) at baseline and 6-month follow-up (FU) after device implantation. CRT-D patients had a higher NYHA class and broader left bundle branch block than ICD patients at baseline. At FU, ejection fraction (EF), peak oxygen uptake, and NYHA class improved significantly in CRT-D patients but remained unchanged in ICD patients. Patients with CRT-D implantation showed higher levels of depressive symptoms, psychological distress, and impairment in QoL at baseline and FU compared to ICD patients. These impairments remained mostly unchanged in all patients after 6 months. Overall, these findings imply that there is a need for careful assessment and treatment of psychological distress and depression in ICD and CRT-D patients in the course of device implantation as psychological burden seems to persist irrespective of physical improvement.
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