Is mortality from heart failure increasing in Australia? An analysis of official data on mortality for 1997-2003

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Farid Najafi (Author), Annette J Dobson (Author), Konrad Jamrozik (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: The World Health Organization.
• Ngā marau: article
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OBJECTIVE: To assess whether trends in mortality from heart failure (HF) in Australia are due to a change in awareness of the condition or real changes in its epidemiology. METHODS: We carried out a retrospective analysis of official data on national mortality data between 1997 and 2003. A death was...