OBJECTIVE: We sought to examine the prevalence of heart failure in elderly PD versus non-PD patients using a national sample of Medicare beneficiaries in the United States. SCOPE: The prevalence of heart failure in elderly PD patients was 2.27 times that of non-PD patients (19.4% versus 8.7%, 95% CI = 1.43-3.60, p 0.0005), and remained twice as high after excluding patients with stroke and possible vascular parkinsonism. CONCLUSIONS: In this cross-sectional study of a national Medicare database, heart failure occurred twice as frequently in elderly PD patients as in non-PD patients. Prospective studies are warranted to verify these findings.
OBJECTIVE: We sought to examine the prevalence of heart failure in elderly PD versus non-PDpatients using a national sample of Medicare beneficiaries in the United States. SCOPE: The prevalence of heart failure in elderly PDpatients was 2.27 times that of non-PDpatients (19.4% versus 8.7%, 95% CI = 1.43-3.60, p 0.0005), and remained twice as high after excluding patients with stroke and possible vascular parkinsonism. CONCLUSIONS: In this cross-sectional study of a national Medicare database, heart failure occurred twice as frequently in elderly PDpatients as in non-PDpatients. Prospective studies are warranted to verify these findings.
Authors: Massimo Bonora; Mariusz R Wieckowski; David A Sinclair; Guido Kroemer; Paolo Pinton; Lorenzo Galluzzi Journal: Nat Rev Cardiol Date: 2019-01 Impact factor: 32.419