Heart Failure
Heart failure is the gradual loss of the heart’s ability to pump enough blood to supply the body’s needs. Sometimes this condition is called congestive heart failure, because the body retains fluid—often around the lungs (congestion) or in the legs and feet.
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HEART FAILURE IS AFFECTING A GROWING NUMBER OF PATIENTS
26M
People affected by heart failure world wide1
>1M
People are annually hospitalized due to heart failure1
UP TO 20%
of people will develope heart failure2
74%
Heart failure patients suffering from at least 1 comorbidity: More likely to worsen the patients overall health status3
Heart failure (HF) is a major cause of hospitalizations around the world. Approximately 26 million people worldwide live with heart failure.1 In most areas of the world, heart failure is common and increasing.
“1 in 5 of us can expect to develop heart failure in our lifetime”4
Although patients with chronic heart failure have improved outcomes with implementation of evidence-based therapies, ultimately, they still progress to an advanced stage of the disease. Patients with advanced heart failure comprise an estimated 1 % to 10 % of the overall heart failure population.” 5–8
With the complexity and rise in prevalence of heart failure, the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology aims to make the prevention and management of heart failure a global health priority.
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- Crespo-Leiro MG, Metra M, Lund LH, et al. Advanced heart failure: a position statement of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology. Eur J Heart Fail. 2018;20(11):1505–1535. doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1236.
- Xanthakis V, Enserro DM, Larson MG, et al. Prevalence, neurohormonal correlates, and prognosis of heart failure stages in the community. JACC Heart Fail. 2016;4(10):808–815. doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2016.05.001.
- Bjork JB, Alton KK, Georgiopoulou VV, et al. Defining advanced heart failure: a systematic review of criteria used in clinical trials. J Card Fail. 2016;22(7):569–577. doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2016.03.003.
- Fang JC, Ewald GA, Allen LA, et al. Advanced (stage D) heart failure: a statement from the Heart Failure Society of America Guidelines Committee. J Card Fail 2015;21(6):519–534. doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.04.013.