Open AccessTHE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CHRONIC HEART FAILURE IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS: RISK FACTORS AND STRUCTURE
Author(s) -
О. П. Ревтович,
О. В. Зотова,
Т. Л. Денисевич,
E. K. Kurlyanskaya
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
problemy zdorovʹâ i èkologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-6011
pISSN - 2220-0967
DOI - 10.51523/2708-6011.2015-12-3-17
Subject(s) - heart failure , epidemiology , medicine , concomitant , coronary heart disease , disease , population , cardiology , heart disease , environmental health
This article presents the data of the cross-epidemiological study of adult population of Minsk aimed at the determination of the prevalence of chronic heart failure (CHF). The prevalence of chronic heart failure in the studied population on December 1, 2012 was 13.2 %. The most important risk factors for chronic heart failure are age over 55, smoking, concomitant cardiovascular pathology in the past medical history, and the presence of cardiovascular disease in relatives. Coronary heart disease and hypertension are prevalent in the structure of CHF.