Prevention or Procrastination for Heart Failure?: Why We Need a Universal Definition of Heart Failure

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¹ Robertson Centre for Biostatistics and Clinical Trials, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom; National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: john.cleland@glasgow.ac.uk.
² Robertson Centre for Biostatistics and Clinical Trials, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Cardiology, Castle Hill Hospital, Hull York Medical School (at University of Hull), Kingston Upon Hull, United Kingdom.

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John G F Cleland et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019.

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. 2019 May 21;73(19):2398-2400.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.03.471.

¹ Robertson Centre for Biostatistics and Clinical Trials, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom; National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: john.cleland@glasgow.ac.uk.
² Robertson Centre for Biostatistics and Clinical Trials, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Cardiology, Castle Hill Hospital, Hull York Medical School (at University of Hull), Kingston Upon Hull, United Kingdom.

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Keywords: epidemiology; heart failure; primary prevention; risk factor; universal definition.

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