Trends in heart failure mortality in Sweden between 1997 and 2022.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Data from US have shown a reversal in the improvement of heart failure (HF)-related mortality over the last ~10 years. It is unknown whether these trends generalize to European universal healthcare systems. We assessed temporal trends in (i) HF-related mortality in the overall national population; and (ii) all-cause mortality following an incident HF diagnosis, overall and stratified by ejection fraction (EF), in Sweden between 1997 and 2022.

Methods and results

Annual mortality rates with a HF diagnosis as underlying cause were extracted from the Cause of Death Register. All-cause mortality following incident HF was assessed in two HF cohorts derived from the National Patient Register (NPR) and the Swedish HF Registry (SwedeHF). Temporal trends were presented as averag

SUBMITTER: Lindberg F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11860728 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature