Seasonal Periodicity of Ischemic Heart Disease and Heart Failure

Subir Bhatia; Sravya Bhatia; Jennifer Mears; George Dibu; Abhishek Deshmukh

doi:10.1016/j.hfc.2017.05.004

Seasonal Periodicity of Ischemic Heart Disease and Heart Failure

Heart Fail Clin. 2017 Oct;13(4):681-689. doi: 10.1016/j.hfc.2017.05.004. Epub 2017 Jun 20.

Authors

Subir Bhatia¹, Sravya Bhatia², Jennifer Mears³, George Dibu⁴, Abhishek Deshmukh⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
² School of Medicine, Duke University, 8 Duke University Medical Center Greenspace, Durham, NC 27703, USA.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
⁴ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA.
⁵ Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 28865777
DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2017.05.004

Abstract

Seasonal variation for ischemic heart disease and heart failure is known. The interplay of environmental, biological, and physiologic changes is fascinating. This article highlights the seasonal periodicity of ischemic heart disease and heart failure and examines some of the potential reasons for these unique observations.

Keywords: Heart failure; Ischemic heart disease; Myocardial infarction; Seasonal periodicity.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Heart Failure / physiopathology*
Humans
Myocardial Ischemia / physiopathology*
Seasons*