Key result
HFpEF accounts for up to ~59% of confirmed heart failure cases in Brazil.
Why the study?
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is the most common form of HF in patients over 65 years with high morbidity and mortality, but epidemiological data in Brazil remain scarce.
Systematic Review
This systematic review highlights that while epidemiological data on HFpEF in Brazil are scarce and heterogeneous, the condition has a relatively high prevalence among primary care and hospitalized HF patients.
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Bocchi et al. (2023) conducted a systematic review in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF). The prevalence of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in Brazilian patients with confirmed heart failure ranged from 28.2% to 59.0% in outpatients and 20.0% to 53.1% in hospitalized patients.
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