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There have been many differing definitions of heart failure over the past 50 years. The National Centre for Health and Clinical Excellence defines heart failure as ‘a complex syndrome that can result from any structural or functional cardiac disorder that
The crude incidence of heart failure among men in the UK is estimated at 1.4 per 1000 population and at 1.2 per 1000 population among women. This suggests that there are about 34,000 new cases of heart failure in men
The most common cause of heart failure is coronary heart disease. Approximately half of all new cases of heart failure are due to myocardial infarction (MI) but hypertension, atrial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy and heart valve disease, due to rheumatic fever or