Ryan T. Demmer

1 month ago | healio.com | Scott Buzby |Richard Smith |Ryan T. Demmer

• Heart failure risk may be significantly elevated after infection-related hospitalization. • HF risk was elevated for most infection subtypes, and applied to both HFpEF and HFrEF. Infections requiring hospitalization were associated with increased risk for future incident heart failure, regardless of infection and HF subtype, according to new data published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

2 months ago | ahajournals.org | Ryan T. Demmer

Research ArticleOpen AccessNonstandard Abbreviations and AcronymsARICAtherosclerosis Risk in CommunitiesHFpEFheart failure with preserved ejection fractionHFrEFheart failure with reduced ejection fractionIRHinfection‐related hospitalizationResearch Perspective•We found that several different types of hospitalized infections predicted increased risk for subsequent heart failure development during >20 years of follow‐up.