Heart Failure
Conditions
Keywords
Heart failure
Brief summary
This study is proposed to determined a national database of the etiologies, clinical and the demographic profile, using diagnostic tests and treatment of outpatients with chronic heart failure in Azerbaijan population.
Detailed description
Chronic heart failure remains the leading cause of hospitalization for those over the age of 65 and expected to increase over the next 25 years with advancing life span. Being a progressive syndrome, CHF decreases the quality of life and place an economic burden on health care system. Advanced technologies in interventional cardiology, better organization of angiographic laboratories and primary prevention of coronary artery disease as the leading cause of HF, allowed warning its development in CAD patients. But the incidence and prevalence of CHF continue to increase with age as heart failure with preserved ejection fraction predominates in elderly patients. For the moment more than 23 million people over the world suffer from heart failure. The prevalence of these patients remains very high even in USA - over 5.8 million.However, there is no any database for heart failure patient in Azerbaijan.The purpose of this study is to compose a national database of the etiologies, clinical and demographic characteristics, using diagnostic tests and management of outpatients heart failure in Azerbaijan population.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion : * Patients \>18 years olds * Clinical diagnosis of heart failure * NYHA class II-IV heart failure Exclusion : * Patients \<18 years old * Failure to obtain informed consent * Pregnant or lactating Previous cardiac transplantation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Heart failure related hospitalization | 6 months | Heart failure related hospitalization within 6 months |
Countries
Azerbaijan