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Editorial
. 2018 Jun;10(Suppl 17):S1934-S1937.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.04.153.

The burden of heart failure in the general population: a clearer and more concerning picture

Thomas G von Lueder  1   2 , Stefan Agewall  1   3
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Editorial

The burden of heart failure in the general population: a clearer and more concerning picture

Thomas G von Lueder et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Jun.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: TG von Lueder has received lecture honoraria from Novartis, St Jude Medical, AstraZeneca and Vifor Pharma. S Agewall has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
The HF “iceberg”: based on the density of ice versus sea water, the submerged volume of ice below the water surface is almost ten times that above. If one compared the proportion of optimally managed (pharmacologically and otherwise) patients with HF to the proportion of subjects at risk for HF, with undetected HF or with established HF but on suboptimal treatment, those would be comparable to the mass of the tip and that of the submerged portion of an iceberg, respectively. HF, heart failure.
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