Heart failure hospitalizations are increasing among young adults in Sweden, largely due to cardiomyopathy, with concerningly high and stagnant case fatality rates since 2001.
May warrant clinical vigilance for HF in young adults; leaves open drivers of rising cardiomyopathy incidence and fatality.
Increasing HF hospitalization in young adults in Sweden opposes the general trend seen in older patients, a finding which may reflect true epidemiological changes. Cardiomyopathy accounted for a substantial part of this increase. High case fatality and lack of further case fatality reduction after 2001 are causes for concern.
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