Landing in the hospital with an infection like the flu can put your heart health at dire risk, a new study suggests. Adults hospitalized for a severe infection are more than twice as likely to develop heart failure (HF) years later, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. People who wound up hospitalized due to an infection had a 2.35 times higher risk of developing HF, on average about seven years after their initial illness, results show. Researchers conclude that these findings support prior literature linking infection to HF risk as well as the need for more research exploring the potential for infection‐prevention strategies, such as vaccination, to minimize HF burden. Moreover, history of infection could potentially become an important tool for risk assessment and patient management. Read the full study: https://lnkd.in/gv66_zbx I #HeartFailure #Comorbidities #ChronicDisease
