Temporal Trends and Patterns in Mortality After Incident Heart Failure: A Longitudinal Analysis of 86 000 Individuals.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite considerable improvements in heart failure care, mortality rates among patients in high-income countries have changed little since the early 2000s. Understanding the reasons underlying these trends may provide valuable clues for developing more targeted therapies and public health strategies.

Objective

To investigate mortality rates following a new diagnosis of heart failure and examine changes over time and by cause of death and important patient features.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based retrospective cohort study analyzed anonymized electronic health records of individuals who received a new diagnosis of heart failure between January 2002 and December 2013 who were followed up until December 2014 from the Clinical Practice

SUBMITTER: Conrad N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6724155 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature