Hasina Chagani, Feroz Memon, Aftab Mahmood.
Epidemiology of heart failure.
Pak J Cardiol Jan ;10(2-3):74-7.

The data collected from hospital statistics on morbidity, mortality and autopsy studies did not reflect the true picture of prevalence of heart failure in the community. Though certain salient features of the natural course of cardiac failure were understood and the projection of the magnitude of the problem in terms of prevalence and incidence were not grossly inaccurate. It is important to understand that heart failure is a common consequence of the terminal stage of the disease. More over, despite modern management, heart failure has dismissal prognosis, with only 50% of patients surviving five years after diagnosis. This is a review article.

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