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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire functional (78 + / -14 from 57 + / -24 %, P < 0. 01) and overall (68 + / -20 from 47 + / -22, P < 0. 001), Duke 's Activity Status Index (19 + / -11 from 14 + / -9, P < 0. 05), Zung SDS (38 + / -10 from 47 + / -11, P < 0. 05) and Beck Depression Inventory (11 + / -9 from 16 + / -10, P < 0. 05) scores also improved in darbepoetin-treated patients, whereas they remain unchanged in the placebo group except for the Zung SDS which worsened (P < 0. 05).