Regional and seasonal variations in heart failure admissions and mortality in the USA

Mahek Shah; Soumya Patnaik; Brijesh Patel; Shilpkumar Arora; Nilay Patel; Lohit Garg; Sahil Agrawal; Matthew W Martinez; Vincent M Figueredo

doi:10.1016/j.acvd.2017.07.004

Regional and seasonal variations in heart failure admissions and mortality in the USA

Arch Cardiovasc Dis. 2018 Apr;111(4):297-301. doi: 10.1016/j.acvd.2017.07.004. Epub 2017 Nov 27.

Authors

Mahek Shah¹, Soumya Patnaik², Brijesh Patel¹, Shilpkumar Arora³, Nilay Patel⁴, Lohit Garg¹, Sahil Agrawal⁵, Matthew W Martinez¹, Vincent M Figueredo⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Lehigh Valley Healthcare Network, Allentown, PA, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, 5501, Old York Road, Klein 363, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: patnaiks@einstein.edu.
³ Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
⁵ Division of Cardiology, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
⁶ Division of Cardiology, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

PMID: 29191524
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2017.07.004

No abstract available

Keywords: Admissions; Heart failure; Insuffisance cardiaque; Mortality; Mortalité; Readmission; Region in USA; Régions des États-Unis; Seasonal variations; Variations saisonnières.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Heart Failure / mortality*
Hospitalization / trends*
Humans
Male
Seasons*
Survival Rate / trends
United States / epidemiology