Aims To describe the clinical course of heart failure in a population-based sample of incident
cases, and to identify factors predicting hospitalization and mortality. Methods and Results …

OBJECTIVE To describe the survival of a population based cohort of patients with incident
(new) heart failure and the clinical features associated with mortality. DESIGN A population …

PURPOSE: Most of the recent information on the prognosis of patients with heart failure has
come from large clinical trials or tertiary care centers. This study reports current information …

Abstract Background and Methods. Heart failure is common and effective therapy exists but
as yet there is little evidence that the overall prognosis is improving in clinical practice. We …

Background National population-based management and outcome data for patients of all
ages hospitalized for heart failure have rarely been reported. Aim National population-based …

Objective To estimate 1-year mortality and prognostic factors in unselected outpatients with
heart failure, and to compare the observed mortality with the estimates of the primary care …

Background In the United States, heart failure has emerged as the leading first-listed
diagnosis among hospitalized older adults. Methods The number and prevalence of …

BACKGROUND: Heart failure has been called the “new epidemic of cardiovascular
disease,” but few studies have described key epidemiologic measures of the syndrome in …

Aims Heart failure has been described as one of the emerging pandemics of the 21st
century. This report aims to measure the burden of new hospitalization for heart failure in the …

Objective: To examine rates of, prognosis following, and the influences on first hospital
admission with heart failure in Leicestershire during 1993–2001. Design: Historical cohort …