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

T A Zesiewicz; J A Strom; A R Borenstein; R A Hauser; C R Cimino; H L Fontanet; G B Cintron; J F Staffetti; P B Dunne; K L Sullivan

doi:10.1016/j.parkreldis.2004.04.001

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

Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2004 Oct;10(7):417-20. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2004.04.001.

Authors

T A Zesiewicz¹, J A Strom, A R Borenstein, R A Hauser, C R Cimino, H L Fontanet, G B Cintron, J F Staffetti, P B Dunne, K L Sullivan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd MDC 55, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.

PMID: 15465398
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2004.04.001

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiovascular Diseases / complications
Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology
Comorbidity
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data Collection
Databases, Factual
Female
Heart Failure / epidemiology*
Heart Failure / etiology*
Humans
Male
Medicare / statistics & numerical data*
Parkinson Disease / complications*
Parkinson Disease / epidemiology*
United States / epidemiology