RESUMEN

Chronic heart failure (HF) is a cardiovascular disease of cardinal importance because of several factors: a) an increasing occurrence due to the aging of the population, primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular events, and modern advances in therapy, b) a bad prognosis: around 65% of patients are dead within 5 years of diagnosis, c) a high economic cost: HF accounts for 1% to 2% of total health care expenditure. This review focuses on the main causes, consequences in terms of morbidity, mortality and costs and treatment of HF.

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Insuficiencia Cardíaca , Hospitalización , Disfunción Ventricular Derecha , Función Ventricular Derecha/fisiología , Insuficiencia Cardíaca/diagnóstico , Insuficiencia Cardíaca/etiología , Insuficiencia Cardíaca/terapia , Humanos , Disfunción Ventricular Derecha/complicaciones , Disfunción Ventricular Derecha/diagnóstico , Disfunción Ventricular Derecha/terapia