The epidemiology of heart failure
Key result
Heart failure affects over 20 million people worldwide and carries a grave prognosis, with historical 5-year survival rates of 25% for men and 38% for women.
Population
People worldwide with heart failure (estimated >20 million)
Design
Review
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Implication
Signals growing HF burden despite survival gains; leaves open the impact of optimized RAAS inhibition on prognosis.
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Population
People worldwide with heart failure (estimated >20 million)
Heart failure is a growing global epidemic driven by an aging population and improved survival from myocardial infarction, carrying a grave prognosis despite recent improvements in mortality.
Cite This Study
Michał Tendera (2004) conducted a review in Heart failure. Heart failure affects over 20 million people worldwide and carries a grave prognosis, with historical 5-year survival rates of 25% for men and 38% for women.