The Impact of Environmental Factors on the Mortality of Patients with Chronic Heart Failure

Heart failure (HF) affects an estimated 6.2 million individuals in the United States (US).1 Acute HF requiring hospitalization is more common during the winter in the US2,3 and the prognosis of a HF-related hospitalization is worse during this season compared to the rest of the year.2,4 Several large studies have confirmed this pattern in various countries throughout the world, including Japan,5,6 Nigeria,7 Italy,8 and Brazil.9 A similar pattern has been described in patients with chronic HF,10,11 however, the data are more limited.

Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - February 8, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Persio D. Lopez, Eder H. Cativo-Calderon, Diana Otero, Mahjabeen Rashid, Steven Atlas, Clive Rosendorff Source Type: research