Increasing awareness and perception of heart failure in Europe and improving care--rationale and design of the SHAPE Study.

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UNLABELLED: In the last decennia heart failure has become one of the most important diseases worldwide in terms of prevalence, morbidity, life expectancy, and in health care management and costs. Despite significant improvements in prevention and treatment, heart failure remains a frequently occurring disorder with increasing incidence and a high hospitalisation and death rate. As major health care problem it deserves full attention of health care authorities. Unfortunately, the seriousness ...

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Authors: Remme, W; Boccanelli, A; Cline, C; Cohen-Solal, A; Dietz, R

• Journal: Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 153-159
• Publication date: 2004-03-01
• DOI: 10.1023/b:card.0000029033.83282.d0
• EISSN: 1573-7241
• ISSN: 0920-3206
• Language: English
• Keywords: SHAPE Study; Specialization; Questionnaires; Documentation; Heart Failure; Female; Health Education; Adult; Middle Aged; Medicine; Male; Europe; Prevalence; Awareness; Humans; Research Design; Aged