Heart failure associated with imported malaria: a nationwide Danish cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Despite adequate treatment, recent studies have hypothesized that malaria may affect long-term cardiovascular function. We aimed to investigate the long-term risk of cardiovascular events and death in individuals with a history of imported malaria in Denmark.

Methods

Using nationwide Danish registries, we followed individuals with a history of malaria for the risk of incident heart failure (HF), myocardial infarction (MI), cardiovascular death and all-cause death (1 January 1994 to 1 January 2017). The population was age- and sex-matched with individuals without a history of malaria from the Danish population (ratio 1:9). We excluded patients with known HF and ischaemic heart disease at inclusion.

Results

We identified 3912 cases with a history of malaria (mean a

SUBMITTER: Brainin P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8497340 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature