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Heart Failure: Epidemiology and Demographics

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Short Stay Management of Acute Heart Failure

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Abstract

Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome. It is the most frequent cause of hospitalization in patients 65 years or older, and this population also has the highest incidence and prevalence of heart failure. Heart failure is also likely to increase due to a number of demographic changes that include an aging population, improved survival after myocardial infarction, and improvement in the therapeutic armamentarium such as the use of beta-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, implantable defibrillators, etc. However, despite these advances, heart failure prognosis remains poor, with survival rate low and mortality rate elevated.

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Abbreviations

ABC:

Aging and body composition

ACC:

American College of Cardiology

ACEI:

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors

AHA:

American Heart Association

CHD:

Coronary heart disease

EF:

Ejection fraction

GFR:

Glomerular filtration rate

HF:

Heart failure

ICD:

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator

JCAHO:

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization

LVH:

Left ventricular hypertrophy

MDRD:

Modification of diet in renal disease

SBP:

Systolic blood pressure

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Soto-Ruiz, K.M. (2012). Heart Failure: Epidemiology and Demographics. In: Peacock, W. (eds) Short Stay Management of Acute Heart Failure. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-627-2_6

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