Heart failure as a general pandemic in Asia

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  • Hiroaki Shimokawa
    Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Evidence‐based Cardiovascular Medicine Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Sendai Japan
  • Masanobu Miura
    Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Evidence‐based Cardiovascular Medicine Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Sendai Japan
  • Kotaro Nochioka
    Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Evidence‐based Cardiovascular Medicine Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Sendai Japan
  • Yasuhiko Sakata
    Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Evidence‐based Cardiovascular Medicine Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Sendai Japan

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<jats:p>Heart failure (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">HF</jats:styled-content>) is an epidemic in healthcare worldwide, including Asia. It appears that <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">HF</jats:styled-content> will become more serious in the near future, with the epidemiological transition and ageing of the population. However, in contrast to Western countries, information on <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">HF</jats:styled-content> epidemiology is still limited in Asia, particularly in South Asia. In this review, we will briefly summarize available information regarding the current and future burden of <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">HF</jats:styled-content> in Asia, which indicates the importance of both primary prevention of underlying diseases of <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">HF</jats:styled-content> and secondary prevention, including management of ischaemic <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">HF</jats:styled-content>, <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">HF</jats:styled-content> with preserved <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">EF</jats:styled-content>, and <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">HF</jats:styled-content> in the elderly.</jats:p>

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