title: Reply to letter from I. Ekman, K. Swedberg, and M. Böhm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Mirjam H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Mastenbroek
authors.forename: Henneke
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Versteeg
authors.forename: Susanne S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Pedersen
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male