Treating Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction â MM1609
Heart failure affects about two percent of the western population, with the prevalence increasing sharply from one percent in 40-year-old individuals to 10% above the age of 75 years. It is the most common cause of hospitalisation in patients over 65 years of age. Heart failure is defined as a syndrome characterised by an impaired ability of the heart to fill with and/or to eject blood commensurate with the metabolic needs of the body, resulting in a classic constellation of signs or symptoms of pulmonary and systemic venous congestion.
Modern Medicine â September 2016
