TITLE:
Monthly admissions for heart failure (HF)— Environmental links
AUTHORS:
Eliyahu Stoupel, Evgeny Abramson, Moshe Shapiro
KEYWORDS:
Monthly; Admissions; Heart; Failure; Male; Female; Solar; Geomagnetic; Cosmic; Ray Neutron; Activity
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.6 No.5,
February
26,
2014
ABSTRACT:
In recent years the
role of HF in the outcomes, cost of treatment in cardiology is raising. Concomitantly
a number of studies were published demonstrating
connections of many cardiac events with Space Weather Activity-Solar, Geomagnetic,
Cosmic Ray (Neutron) activity levels. The aim of this study was to study links
of timing of hospital admissions for HF with season and space weather
components. Patients and Methods: monthly
admissions of male and female patients for HF
in two hospitals of Rabin Medical Center for years 2000-2012 were the subject of the study. 76,601 patient were included, 42,293 men, 34,308 woman.
The cosmophysical data from USA, Russia and
Finland were used. Results:
Monthly average number of admissions for HF: 491.0 ± 82.4, 271.1 ± 46.75 for
men and 219.9 ± 39.8 for woman. Gender admissions strongly correlated. Monthly
admission for HF number differed by 2.2 - 2.5 times. Minimal admissions were in
August, September; maximal—in January, February, December and March (according
to numbers). It was a significant inverse correlation of monthly HF admissions
with monthly solar activity and GMA indices
and correlation with CRA (neutron) activity. Conclusion: Monthly admissions number for HF is fluctuated by
season of the year, depending on gender and
related to monthly solar and Cosmic Ray (Neutron) activity level. Gender differences in HF exacerbation may be a component explaining
gender differences in longevity.