Global Public Health Burden of Heart Failure: An Updated Review

Bahira Shahim; Chris J Kapelios; Gianluigi Savarese; Lars H Lund

doi:10.15420/cfr.2023.05

Global Public Health Burden of Heart Failure: An Updated Review

Card Fail Rev. 2023 Jul 27:9:e11. doi: 10.15420/cfr.2023.05. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Bahira Shahim^{1

2}, Chris J Kapelios³, Gianluigi Savarese^{1

2}, Lars H Lund^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet Stockholm, Sweden.
² Heart and Vascular Theme, Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm, Sweden.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Utah Health Sciences Center Salt Lake City, UT, US.

Abstract

Heart failure (HF) is a rapidly growing public health issue with an estimated prevalence of 64 million people globally. Although the incidence of HF has stabilised worldwide and seems to be declining in developed countries, the prevalence is increasing due to the ageing of the population, improved survival after MI and improved treatment and survival of patients with HF. Yet, HF remains associated with high mortality and morbidity, poor quality of life and functional capacity, and confers a substantial burden to the healthcare system. The prevalence, incidence, mortality and morbidity rates reported show geographical variations, depending on the different aetiologies and clinical characteristics observed among patients with HF. In this review, we provide an overview of the global epidemiology of HF with updated data on prevalence, incidence, mortality and morbidity worldwide.

Keywords: Heart failure; epidemiology; heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction; heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; incidence; morbidity; mortality; prevalence.

Publication types

Review