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Heart Beat: Heat and heart failure

July 1, 2006

Heart Beat

Deadly heat waves in the United States and Europe taught us that people with heart failure are especially vulnerable to high temperatures. Although their heart trouble is clearly one reason they have trouble with the heat, blood vessels supplying the skin may contribute to it.

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