Infection, Cardiac Woes Send Heart Failure Patients to the Hospital

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He said this study "offers important insight and points to where we can intervene early, such as making sure patients with heart failure are immunized against flu and pneumonia."

The study was published in the April 28 issue of the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.

"In future studies, we plan to target how specific interventions based on these precipitating factors, such as flu vaccinations, may help this high-risk heart failure population," Fonarow said.

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The American Heart Association has more about heart failure.

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