Volume 29, Issue 158, April 2025

Influence of vaccination on hospitalization and mortality in a heart failure population: A narrative review

Dagmara Skowrońska^1,2, Katarzyna Cierpiszewska³, Jakub Klamecki⁴, Aleksandra Garczyk^5♦, Dominika Kuc⁶

¹Department of Teaching Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-861 Poznan, Poland
²University Clinical Hospital in Poznan, Grunwaldzka 55, 60-352 Poznan, Poland
³Independent Public Health Care, ul. Sukiennicza 13, 64-500 Szamotuły, Poland
⁴Independent Public Health Care, ul. Józefa Ignacego Kraszewskiego 11, 62-040 Puszczykowo, Poland
⁵Multispecialist Municipal Hospital, Szwajcarska 3, 61-285 Poznan, Poland
⁶Provincial Hospital in Poznan, ul. Juraszów 7/19, 60-479 Poznan, Poland

^♦Corresponding Author
Multispecialist Municipal Hospital, Szwajcarska 3, 61-285 Poznan, Poland

ABSTRACT

Nowadays, heart failure is one of the leading cardiovascular diseases. The available guidelines from European Society of Cardiology suggest considering vaccination against influenza, pneumococcus, and SARS-CoV-2, along with the American Heart Association suggesting vaccination against respiratory illnesses in a heart failure population. This review aims to conisder available evidence on the influence of vaccination on hospitalization and mortality rate in a heart failure population. There is some data suggesting lower mortality risk in a vaccinated heart failure group, depending on the vaccine. However, data on hospitalization rate is not homogenous. Future studies may be essential to verify the vaccination administration in this population as a valuable intervention.

Keywords: Vaccination, heart failure, cardiac failure

Medical Science, 2025, 29, e54ms3550

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v29i158.e54ms3550

Published: 07 April 2025