Muntwyler J
Departement Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Zürich.
Ther Umsch. 2000 May;57(5):279-83. doi: 10.1024/0040-5930.57.5.279.
During the past decades incidence and prevalence of heart failure has markedly increased. This contrasts with most other cardiovascular diseases, which have declined. Among people aged 80 years and over prevalence may be as high as several percent of the population. According to the high prevalence of the disease, the high frequency of outpatient consultations, but in particular because of a high rate of hospitalizations with long average duration, costs for the health care system are very high. Patients with heart failure suffer from a reduction in quality of life exceeding that of most other chronic diseases, and mortality after diagnosis of heart failure remains high.
在过去几十年中，心力衰竭的发病率和患病率显著上升。这与大多数其他心血管疾病发病率下降形成对比。在80岁及以上人群中，患病率可能高达人口的百分之几。鉴于该疾病的高患病率、门诊咨询的高频率，特别是由于住院率高且平均住院时间长，医疗保健系统的成本非常高。心力衰竭患者的生活质量下降程度超过大多数其他慢性病，心力衰竭诊断后的死亡率仍然很高。
