Letter by Bourque et al Regarding Article, “Changing Incidence and Survival for Heart Failure in a Well-Defined Older Population, 1970–1974 and 1990–1994” | Zendy

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Letter by Bourque et al Regarding Article, “Changing Incidence and Survival for Heart Failure in a Well-Defined Older Population, 1970–1974 and 1990–1994”

Author(s) -

Jamieson M. Bourque,

Christopher M. O’Connor,

Eric J. Velazquez

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.632786

Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , population , heart failure , gerontology , physics , environmental health , optics

To the Editor:In the article, “The Changing Incidence and Survival for Heart Failure in a Well-Defined Older Population, 1970–1974 and 1990–1994),”1 Barker et al used an administrative data set to show that the incidence of heart failure has increased 14% during that time period after controlling for population aging. This increase was predominately seen in men and those of advanced age. Interestingly, there was a suggestion of a decrease in the mortality from heart failure among men and not women between those 2 …

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