Heart failure is associated with an increased incidence of cancer diagnoses.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The prognosis and quality of life of heart failure patients is determined to a significant extent by co-morbidities. New data suggest that heart failure may be associated with an increased incidence of cancer. The present retrospective study investigates this association in a large collective of outpatients with heart failure.

Methods and results

This retrospective cohort study assessed the incidence of cancer in patients with an initial diagnosis of heart failure and a matched non-heart failure cohort in 1274 general practices in Germany between January 2000 and December 2018. The study is based on the Disease Analyser database (IQVIA), which contains drug prescriptions, diagnoses, and basic medical and demographic data. Hazard regression models were used to study the

SUBMITTER: Roderburg C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8497216 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature