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

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

T A Zesiewicz  1 , 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
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Heart failure in Parkinson's disease: analysis of the United States medicare current beneficiary survey

T A Zesiewicz et al. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2004 Oct.

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.

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