title: Epidemiology of heart failure and scope of the problem.
abstract: Heart failure (HF) is typically a chronic disease, with progressive deterioration occurring over a period of years or even decades. HF poses an especially large public health burden. It represents a new epidemic of cardiovascular disease, affecting nearly 5.8 million people in the United States, and over 23 million worldwide. In the present article, our goal is to describe the most up-to-date epidemiology of HF in the United States and worldwide, and challenges facing HF prevention and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Drexel University, 1505 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA. Electronic address: Longjian.Liu@Drexel.edu.
authors.forename: Longjian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Howard J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Eisen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Clinical correlation; Epidemiology; Heart failure; Multiple comorbidity