Why do poor patients have poor outcomes? Shedding light on the neglected facet of poverty and heart failure

Heart. 2021 Feb;107(3):178-179. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-317977. Epub 2020 Nov 2.

Authors

André Zimerman¹, Luis E Rohde²

Affiliations

¹ Post Graduate Program in Cardiology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
² Cardiovascular Division, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre and Departament of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil rohde.le@gmail.com.

PMID: 33139327
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-317977

No abstract available

Keywords: heart failure; systolic.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Heart Failure* / diagnosis
Heart Failure* / epidemiology
Heart Failure* / therapy
Humans
Poverty*