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ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS
卷 48, 期 3, 页码 350-352出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.02.014
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Depression and cardiovascular pathologies in elderly; Treatment with SSRIs; Citalopram; Sertraline
The correlation between depression and cardiovascular pathologies was studied in geriatric age. As a matter of fact, the high comorbidity of depression with the sudden cardiac deaths or other cardiovascular events requires a careful evaluation of these causalities. A total of 110 patients were analyzed, recovered in assisted sanitary residence (from the widely used Italian name: residenza sanitaria assistita abbreviated as RSA) during the last 12 months. All patients were above the age of 80 years at the admission (mean age was 83.2 +/- 2.8 years), and all of them have had a diagnosis of depression according to the DSM IV. All patients were treated with the antidepressive specific serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) (Citalopram, 20-40 mg/day, or Sertraline 50-100 mg/day). The patients were divided on the basis of their therapeutic response in two groups: Group A (responders) and Group B (non-res ponders). After 4, 6 and 12 months of treatment, we observed a reduction of the cardiovascular events (-75%, -83% and -60%, respectively). These findings confirm the existence of a correlation between the level of affectivity and the cardiac functions. (c) 2008 Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
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