Seasonal trends of heart failure hospitalizations in the United States: a national perspective from 2000 to 2011

Int J Cardiol. 2014 May 15;173(3):562-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.03.122. Epub 2014 Mar 21.

Authors

Nileshkumar J Patel¹, Nikhil Nalluri², Abhishek Deshmukh³, Sadip Pant³, Neeraj Shah², Apurva O Badheka⁴, Deepak Asti², James C Lafferty², Charles Schwartz²

Affiliations

¹ Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, USA. Electronic address: dr.nilesh.j.patel@gmail.com.
² Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, USA.
³ University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
⁴ Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA.

PMID: 24713458
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.03.122

No abstract available

Keywords: Heart failure; Hospitalizations; Seasonal trend.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Heart Failure / diagnosis*
Heart Failure / epidemiology
Heart Failure / mortality*
Hospitalization / trends*
Humans
Mortality / trends
Seasons*
United States / epidemiology