Despite its high prevalence and significant rates of associated morbidity and mortality, the
syndrome of decompensated heart failure remains poorly defined and vastly understudied …

Although the incidence of coronary heart disease is falling, its major complication, heart
failure, is increasing in frequency. All health care practitioners will encounter patients with …

Despite an increase in manuscripts describing epidemiological aspects of heart failure since
the 1990s, 1 additional information is still needed, as indicated by various editorials. w2 w3 …

Despite improvements in medical therapy for heart failure, more than 250,000 people die in
the United States as a result of heart failure each year. There are multiple risk factors and …

Heart failure remains a common diagnosis, especially in older individuals. It continues to be
associated with significant morbidity and mortality, but major advances in both diagnosis …

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In broad terms,“advanced” heart failure describes a clinical syndrome characterized by
persistent or progressive symptoms and ventricular dysfunction despite guideline-directed …

Chronic heart failure (CHF) is associated with a heavy burden of disease for patients and
healthcare professionals. Quality of life and long-term prognosis for affected patients remain …

Heart failure is a clinical syndrome that normally requires health care to be provided by both
specialists and nonspecialists. This is advantageous because patients benefit from …

Page 1 Full version of NICE Guideline No. 5 CHRONIC HEART FAILURE National clinical
guideline for diagnosis and management in primary and secondary care Developed by The …