Heart failure in Parkinson's disease: analysis of the United States medicare current beneficiary survey

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...

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Published in:Parkinsonism & related disorders 2004-10, Vol.10 (7), p.417-420
Main Authors: Zesiewicz, T.A., Strom, J.A., Borenstein, A.R., Hauser, R.A., Cimino, C.R., Fontanet, H.L., Cintron, G.B., Staffetti, J.F., Dunne, P.B., Sullivan, K.L.
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Language:English
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Cardiovascular Diseases - complications
Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology
Comorbidity
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data Collection
Databases, Factual
Female
Heart disease
Heart failure
Heart Failure - epidemiology
Heart Failure - etiology
Humans
Male
Medicare - statistics & numerical data
Medicare current beneficiary survey
Parkinson Disease - complications
Parkinson Disease - epidemiology
Parkinson's disease
United States - epidemiology
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1353-8020
1873-5126
DOI:10.1016/j.parkreldis.2004.04.001