Heart failure mortality in Sweden has declined over the past 25 years, particularly in patients with reduced ejection fraction, reflecting advances in medical therapy.
Heart failure-related mortality has declined over the last ~25 years in Sweden. All-cause mortality in patients with HF has also declined, more in HF with reduced than preserved EF, mirroring the different availability of life-saving treatments across the EF spectrum.
Lindberg et al. (Mon,) studied this question.