How patients with heart failure are managed in the United Kingdom.
Heart failure is a major cause of morbidity and mortality world wide. In the UK it is estimated to affect one in ten octogenarians. This obviously imposes a large burden on our health care services, and the ageing of our population will only exacerbate this. In this article we have attempted to provide a general overview of the day to day management of these patients in the United Kingdom.
Department of Cardiology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
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