Has the 'epidemic' of heart failure been replaced by a tsunami of co-morbidities?

Pardeep S Jhund¹, Luigi Tavazzi^{2

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¹ BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
² Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S. Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy.
³ Department of Cardiology and LTTA Centre, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.

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Pardeep S Jhund et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2016 May.

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. 2016 May;18(5):500-2.

doi: 10.1002/ejhf.529. Epub 2016 Apr 12.

Pardeep S Jhund¹, Luigi Tavazzi^{2

3}

¹ BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
² Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S. Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy.
³ Department of Cardiology and LTTA Centre, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.

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Keywords: Age; Atrial fibrillation; Diabetes; Epidemiology; Heart failure.

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