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Epidemiology of Heart Failure

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Heart Failure

Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology ((HEP,volume 243))

Abstract

Heart failure (HF) is a major public health problem affecting more than 23 million patients worldwide. Incidence and prevalence rates vary significantly according to the source of data, but both increase with advancing age reaching, in the very elderly, prevalence rates that represent a challenge for the organization of medical care systems. Even if evidence-based treatments have improved prognosis in some patients with HF, patients with HF still need to be carefully characterized, described, and treated. Hospitalizations for acute HF are frequent and costly accounting for the vast majority of HF-related costs.

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  1. Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Section of Geriatric Medicine and Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy

    Francesco Orso

  2. ANMCO Research Center, Via La Marmora 34, 50121, Florence, Italy

    Francesco Orso, Gianna Fabbri & Aldo Pietro Maggioni

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  2. Heart Institute, Stony Brook University , Stony Brook, New York, USA

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Orso, F., Fabbri, G., Maggioni, A.P. (2016). Epidemiology of Heart Failure. In: Bauersachs, J., Butler, J., Sandner, P. (eds) Heart Failure. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 243. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/164_2016_74

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