Epidemiology of heart failure and trends in diagnostic work-up: a retrospective, population-based cohort study in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to examine the trends in heart failure (HF) epidemiology and diagnostic work-up in Sweden.

Methods

Adults with incident HF (≥2 ICD-10 diagnostic codes) were identified from linked national health registers (cohort 1, 2005-2013) and electronic medical records (cohort 2, 2010-2015; primary/secondary care patients from Uppsala and Västerbotten). Trends in annual HF incidence rate and prevalence, risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related 1-year mortality and use of diagnostic tests 6 months before and after first HF diagnosis (cohort 2) were assessed.

Results

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics were similar for cohort 1 (N=174,537) and 2 (N=8,702), with mean ages of 77.4 and 76.6 years, respectively; alm

SUBMITTER: Lindmark K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6435223 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature