Current status of the epidemiology of heart failure
Autor: | W. B. Kannel |
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Rok vydání: | 2000 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Population Age Distribution Risk Factors Epidemiology Medicine Humans Sex Distribution education Intensive care medicine Survival analysis Aged Aged 80 and over Heart Failure education.field_of_study Ventricular function business.industry Mortality rate Middle Aged medicine.disease Survival Analysis Heart failure Multivariate Analysis Age distribution Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
Zdroj: | Current cardiology reports. 1(1) |
ISSN: | 1523-3782 |
Popis: | Epidemiologic investigation of the evolution of heart failure in the general population has provided clues to its pathogenesis, predisposing conditions, predictive modifiable risk factors, and indicators of deteriorating ventricular function. It is a major and growing problem because of the increased size of aging populations and the prolongation of the lives of cardiac patients by modern therapy. Susceptible persons must be detected early so that preventive measures can be started because the mortality rate once overt heart failure appears is unacceptably high despite recent innovations in treatment. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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