Real world heart failure epidemiology and outcome: a population-based analysis of 88,195 patients

Fibrilación Atrial; Insuficiencia Cardíaca; Estudio longitudinalFibril·lació atrial; Insuficiència cardíaca; Estudi longitudinalAtrial Fibrillation; Heart Failure; Longitudinal studyBACKGROUND Heart failure (HF) is frequent and its prevalence is increasing. We aimed to evaluate the epidemiologic features of HF patients, the 1-year follow-up outcomes and the independent predictors of those outcomes at a population level. METHODS AND RESULTS Population-based longitudinal study including all prevalent HF cases in Catalonia (Spain) on December 31st, 2012. Patients were divided in 3 groups: patients without a previous HF hospitalization, patients with a remote (>1 year) HF hospitalization and patients with a recent (