Учёные записки Санкт-Петербургского государственного медицинского университета им. Акад. И.П. Павлова (Dec 2013)

Application of positron emission tomography with 18ffdg in combined diagnosis of anxiety and depressive disorders in elderly patients with chronic heart failure

  • A. A. Stanzhevsky,
  • I. V. Vologdina,
  • E. G. Poroshina,
  • A. V. Petrov,
  • Yu. R. Ilushchenko

DOI
https://doi.org/10.24884/1607-4181-2013-20-4-47-51
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 4
pp. 47 – 51

Abstract

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35 patients with chronic cardiac failure of the third functional class and anxiety depressive disorders were examined. The screening group consisted of 35 patients with chronic cardiac insufficiency without affective disorders. Evaluation of the clinical state was carried out by echocardiography, 6 minute walk and estimation of therapy compliance. Severity of the symptoms of anxiety and depressive disorders were studied by MMPI test, Beck`s test, Hamilton`s scale, Spielberg scale. PET with 18FFDG was carried out on PET tomographs «EcatExact 47» and «Ecat Exact HR+» (Siemens, Germany). It was found that anxiety depressive disorders have negative effect on the clinical state and the therapy compliance in the patients with chronic cardiac failure. Significant correlation between the clinical data and the brain 18FFDG PET results was seen in most cases.

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