Higher Risk for Incident Heart Failure and Cardiovascular Mortality Among Community-Dwelling Octogenarians Without Pneumococcal Vaccination

201528 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Momanna B. Ahmed · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Kanan Patel · University of California, San Francisco

Gregg C. Fonarow · University of California, Los Angeles

Charity J. Morgan · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Javed Butler · Stony Brook University

Vera Bittner · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Andrzej Kulczycki

Abstract

Among community-dwelling octogenarians, lack of pneumococcal vaccination was associated with a significantly higher independent risk of incident HF and mortality, and trend for higher pneumonia hospitalization.

Topics & Keywords

Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies Influenza Virus Research Studies Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: ESC Heart Failure

Volume 3, Issue 1, pp. 11-17

DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12056

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