{"id":6160,"date":"2025-03-26T15:42:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T12:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=6160"},"modified":"2025-03-26T15:42:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T12:42:44","slug":"summary-of-study-on-heart-failure-related-cardiac-arrest-mortality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/summary-of-study-on-heart-failure-related-cardiac-arrest-mortality\/","title":{"rendered":"Summary of Study on Heart Failure-related Cardiac Arrest Mortality:"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>The American Journal of Cardiology. Article in press 9 March, 2025.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span> 1. Heart Failure Statistics:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Over 64 million adults globally and 6 million in the U.S. suffer from heart failure, with numbers expected to rise to 8 million by 2030.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Heart failure patients are at higher risk for cardiac arrest, contributing to 30-50% of mortality in this group.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 2. Cardiac Arrest Risk:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Those with systolic dysfunction are 6-9 times more likely to experience sudden cardiac death.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Cardiac arrest and heart failure increase the risk of ventricular arrhythmias and myocardial fibrosis.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 3. Study Overview:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Researchers analyzed U.S. CDC data from 1999 to 2023 on age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMR) for cardiac arrest in heart failure patients aged 25 and older.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 4. Mortality Rate Trends:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 AAMR dropped from 25.3 per 100,000 adults in 1999 to 20.6 in 2023.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 The most significant decline occurred between 1999 and 2011, with a -2.95% annual change.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 From 2011 to 2018, the AAMR remained stable, then increased from 2018 to 2021, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 A decline in AAMR resumed from 2021 to 2023 (APC: -4.05%), indicating recovery and improved healthcare access post-pandemic.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 5. Disparities in Mortality Rates:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Women showed a greater reduction in mortality (22.6 to 16.2) compared to men (29.5 to 26.2).<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Racial\/ethnic disparities: Black patients had the highest AAMR (28.\ud83d\ude0e, followed by Hispanic\/Latino (22.\ud83d\ude0e, white (19.5), and other racial\/ethnic groups (18.1).<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Rural areas had a higher AAMR (20.9) compared to urban areas (20.1).<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 6. Conclusions:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Rising mortality rates in men, Black individuals, and rural residents highlight urgent healthcare needs.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Targeted interventions and improved healthcare access are necessary to reduce disparities and improve outcomes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajconline.org\/article\/S0002-9149(25)00137-7\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ajconline.org\/article\/S0002-9149(25)00137-7\/fulltext<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Journal of Cardiology. Article in press 9 March, 2025. 1. Heart Failure Statistics: \u2022 Over 64 million adults globally and 6 million in the U.S. suffer from heart failure, with numbers expected to rise to 8 million by 2030. \u2022 Heart failure patients are at higher risk for cardiac arrest, contributing to 30-50% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6162,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6160\/revisions\/6162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}