The impact of depression on heart transplant outcomes: A retrospective single-center cohort study.

Angelo de la RosaTahli Singer-EnglarMichele A HamiltonWaguih William IsHakJon A KobashigawaMichelle M Kittleson

Published in: Clinical transplantation (2021)

Depression is common among heart transplant candidates and recipients. While pre-transplant depression did not impact outcomes, patients with post-transplant depression were more likely to have had a complicated course, suggesting the need for increased vigilance regarding depression in such patients.

Keyphrases

depressive symptoms
sleep quality
end stage renal disease
heart failure
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle
patient reported outcomes
kidney transplantation