title: Clinical epidemiology of heart failure.
abstract: The aim of this paper is to review the clinical epidemiology of heart failure. The last paper comprehensively addressing the epidemiology of heart failure in Heart appeared in 2000. Despite an increase in manuscripts describing epidemiological aspects of heart failure since the 1990s, additional information is still needed, as indicated by various editorials.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Meander Medical Centre, Amersfoort, The Netherlands. a.mosterd@meandermc.nl
authors: Arend
authors: A
authors: Mosterd
authors: Arno W
authors: AW
authors: Hoes
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis
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