Heart Failure Epidemic

The Heart Failure Epidemic

Heart failure has been singled out as an emerging epidemic, which could be the result of increased incidence and/or increased survival leading to increased prevalence. Knowledge of the responsibility of each factor in the genesis of the epidemic is crucial for prevention. Population-based studies have shown that, over time, the incidence of heart failure remained overall stable, while survival ...

The heart failure epidemic: a UK perspective

Heart failure is appropriately described as an epidemic, with 1-2% of health care expenditure being directed at its management. In England, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued guidance on the best practice for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure. Echocardiography is key to the diagnosis of the underlying cardiac abnormalities, and a...

Heart failure-a growing epidemic in Asia.

Heart Failure Epidemic: an Expected Phenomenon

Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome affecting more than 23 million people world-wide.1) The incidence of HF is associated with age, and it has remained stable in the past several decades. With the aging of society, the prevalence of HF is expected to rise, and indeed, in 1994 the prevalence of HF was 90 per 1000 beneficiaries and increased to 121 per 1000 beneficiaries in 2003 in ...

[Heart failure: the cardiovascular epidemic of the 21th century].

Heart failure, be it with preserved or reduced left ventricular function, is the cardiovascular epidemic of the 21st century, 4 and it thus appropriate to devote a whole issue of the European Heart Journal to this problem. It is of note that this is at least in part a consequence of the success of our discipline. In the 1950s when Eisenhower had his famous heart attack, the treating physician d...