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Review
. 2017 Jan;47(1):16-24.
doi: 10.4070/kcj.2016.0429. Epub 2016 Dec 29.

Temporal Trends of Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure in Korea

Jong-Chan Youn  1 , Seongwoo Han  1 , Kyu-Hyung Ryu  1
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Temporal Trends of Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure in Korea

Jong-Chan Youn et al. Korean Circ J. 2017 Jan.

Abstract

Heart failure (HF) is an important cardiovascular disease because of its increasing prevalence, significant morbidity, high mortality and rapidly expanding health care costs. The number of HF patients is increasing worldwide and Korea is no exception. Temporal trends of four representative Korean hospitalized HF registries-the Hallym HF study, the Korean Multicenter HF study, the Korean Heart Failure (KorHF) registry and the Korean Acute Heart Failure (KorAHF) registry showed mild survival improvement reflecting overall HF patient care development in Korea despite the increased severity of enrolled patients with higher incidence of multiple comorbidities. Moreover, device therapies such as implantable cardioverter defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization therapy and definitive treatment such as heart transplantation have been increasing in Korea as well. To prevent HF burden increase, it is essential to set up long term effective prevention strategies for better control of ischemic heart disease, hypertension and diabetes, which might be risk factors for HF development. Moreover, proper HF guidelines, performance measures, and performance improvement programs might be necessary to limit HF burden as well.

Keywords: Heart failure; Hospitalization; Korea; Trends.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no financial conflicts of interest.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Temporal trends of mean age in four Korean hospitalized HF registry. HF: Heart failure, KorHF: Korean heart failure, KorAHF: Korean acute heart failure.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2. Temporal trends of comorbidities in four Korean hospitalized HF registry. HF: heart failure, KorHF: Korean heart failure, KorAHF: Korean acute heart failure.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3. Temporal trends of etiologies in four Korean hospitalized HF registry. HF: heart failure, KorHF: Korean heart failure, KorAHF: Korean acute heart failure.
Fig. 4
Fig. 4. Temporal trends of clinical outcome in four Korean hospitalized HF registry. HF: heart failure, KorHF: Korean heart failure, KorAHF: Korean acute heart failure.
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Fig. 5. Cumulative Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival according to different time periods in three Korean hospitalized HF registry. KorHF: Korean heart failure, HF: heart failure.
Fig. 6
Fig. 6. Cumulative Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival for hospitalized patients with heart failure according to the etiologies. HF: heart failure, VHD: valvular heart disease, CMP: cardiomyopathy, HHD: hypertensive heart disease, IHD: Ischemic heart disease.
Fig. 7
Fig. 7. Temporal trends of implantable cardioverter defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization therapy in Korea . ICD: implantable cardioverter defibrillator, CRT: cardiac resynchronization therapy.
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Fig. 8. Temporal trends of heart transplantation in Korea.
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