The epidemiology of heart failure, based on data for 2.1 million inhabitants in Sweden

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 995-1002

  Zarrinkoub, Ramin ^a,b,c   Wettermark, Björn ^b,d   Wändell, Per ^a   Mejhert, Märit ^e,f   Szulkin, Robert ^a   Ljunggren, Gunnar ^a,b   Kahan, Thomas ^f,g  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c Primary Health Care   (Sweden)

^d Network for Pharmacoepidemiology Foundation   (Sweden)

^e ERSTA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f Sweden Karolinska Institutet Department of Clinical Sciences Danderyd Hospital Stressrehab FoU Danderyd   (Sweden)

^g DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Heart failure; Incidence; Mortality; Prevalence; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84883187948     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hft064     Document Type: Article

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