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European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on February 7, 2008
European Heart Journal 2008 29(6):698-700; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn031
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Do we understand why the heart fails?

Hans Peter Brunner-La Rocca*

Cardiology, University Hospital, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland

* Corresponding author. Tel: +41 61 328 79 48, Fax: +41 61 265 45 98, Email: brunnerh@uhbs.ch

This editorial refers to ‘Left ventricular mass predicts heart failure not related to previous myocardial infarction: the Cardiovascular Health Study’ {dagger} by G. de Simone et al. on page 741

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In Western countries, heart failure has become one of the most prominent health care problems. Increased prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD), improvements in CAD and hypertension treatment, and ageing of the population are major factors contributing to the fact that 1–2% of the Western populations suffer from heart failure, with a prevalence of 10% or more in the very elderly. Despite advances in heart failure therapy, morbidity and mortality remain high and quality of life is severely impaired.1 Heart failure is a leading cause of hospital admissions, and hospitalizations for heart failure are often of long duration, resulting in enormous health care costs. It is estimated that they account for ~2% of the total health care budget in these countries.

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