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Background
Available data on the prognosis of heart failure (HF) patients are predominantly limited to patients diagnosed at time of hospitalization.
Aims
To describe the long‐term survival of incident HF patients and identify clinical characteristics associated with mortality.
Methods
The Second Australian National Blood Pressure Study (ANBP2) randomized 6083 hypertensive subjects aged 65‐84 years...
AimsHypertension is a known risk factor for the development of heart failure (HF); however, few data are available on the magnitude of short‐ and long‐term progression from hypertension to HF. The present study aims to determine the short‐ and long‐term incidence of HF, and identify factors associated with onset of HF in elderly hypertensive patients.
Methods and resultsThe incidence of HF was measured...
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