Heart failure: preventing disease and death worldwide

By P. Ponikowski, S. Anker, K. Alhabib, M. Cowie, T. Force, Shengshou Hu, T. Jaarsma, H. Krum, Vishal Rastogi, L. E. Rohde and 5 more. ESC Heart Failure, 2014

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Heart failure is a life‐threatening disease and addressing it should be considered a global health priority. At present, approximately 26 million people worldwide are living with heart failure. The outlook for such patients is poor, with survival rates worse than those for bowel, breast or prostate cancer. Furthermore, heart failure places great stresses on patients, caregivers and healthcare systems. Demands on healthcare services, in particular, are predicted to increase dramatically over the next decade as patient numbers rise owing to ageing populations, detrimental lifestyle changes and improved survival of those who go on to develop heart failure as the final stage of another disease. It is time to ease the strain on healthcare systems through clear policy initiatives that prioritize heart failure prevention and champion equity of care for all.

Subfields: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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