Rishi Wadhera, MD, MPP, MPhil
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Hospitalizations for cardiovascular events were 1.5-fold higher in adults aged ≥65 in the United States, compared with Denmark, with notable disparities by social risk factors, including income level, according to a recent cross-sectional study.1
The study, involving nearly 60 million US adults and 2 million Danish adults, found the burden of myocardial infarction (MI) and heart failure (HF) hospitalizations significantly higher in the US, but ischemic stroke hospitalizations slightly lower, with mixed hospitalization-related mortality across all conditions.
“Our findings provided important public health insights regarding the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD)–the leading cause of death globally–in 2 higher-income countries with…