[Depression in cardiological practice: pilot results from a multicenter clinico-epidemiological trial in hypertensive patients with ischemic heart disease (koordinata)].

Aim: To study effects of depression on the course and prognosis of arterial hypertension (AH) and coronary heart disease (CHD), potentialities of the combined treatment in a prospective multicenter trial.

Material And Methods: A total of 376 patients with AH and/or CHD having depression (10 scores and higher by HADS scale) were assigned to two groups: 189 (50.3%) patients received somatotropic therapy+coaxil (the study group), 187 (49.