Descriptive information Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Total
Age range in years † Mid-40’s Mid-50’s Mid-60’s 55.3 ± 9.1
Sex Female Male Female 67% female
Ever or currently employed No Yes No 33%
Heart failure etiology Ischemic, 6.5 year history Ischemic, 8 month history Ischemic, 55 day history 100% ischemic
Left ventricular ejection fraction 33% 27% 25% 28.3% ± 4.2
New York Heart Association functional class III III III 100% class III
Renal disease Yes No No 33%
Diabetes Yes Yes No 67%
Previous myocardial infarction Yes No Yes 67%
Previous coronary artery bypass graft No Yes Yes 67%
Hypertension No No No 0%
Dyslipidemia No Yes No 0%
Obesity, body mass index kg/m2 >30 Yes No No 33%
Current tobacco smoking No Yes No 33%
Psychiatric information
Psychiatric history in medical records No No No 0%
Visited psychologist/psychiatrist previously No No Yes (15 and 3 years prior) 33%
Psychotropic medication No No No 0%
Major depression 25 year history 6 month history 8 year history 100%
Generalized anxiety disorder 38 year history 40 year history 35 year history 100%
Panic disorder 9 year history No 9 year history (with agoraphobia) 67%
Social anxiety disorder No No 55 year history 33%
Post-traumatic stress disorder No No Non-current (onset 30 years prior) 0% (current)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder No Yes No 33%
Hoarding disorder 27 year history 40 year history 35 year history 34 ± 7
Excessive acquisition Yes No Yes 67%
Insight Poor Fair Absent/delusional -