Left-sided heart failure burden and mortality in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular disease is prevalent in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), yet the extent of left-sided heart failure (HF) burden, whether this has changed with time and whether HF impacts mortality risk in these patients are unknown. The aims of this study were therefore to determine the temporal trends in incidence and prevalence of left-sided HF in patients with IPF in England and compare these to published estimates in the general population and those with comparable chronic respiratory conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as well as determine the risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in patients with comorbid left-sided HF and IPF at population-level using electronic healthcare data.

Methods

Clinical Practice Research Dat

SUBMITTER: Koteci A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9097426 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature