The Lancet Series on Heart Failure Prevention

Authors of The Lancet Series on Heart Failure Prevention, and the Vice President of the World Heart Federation, discuss their findings and underscore how heart failure has emerged as a public health crisis worldwide.

Heart failure remains one of the 21st century’s greatest unmet clinical and public health challenges. Heart failure is a highly prevalent chronic condition that affects approximately 55 million people worldwide. Although heart failure can be prevented, the global burden of this condition continues to grow fuelled by an ageing population, improved survival after myocardial infarction, and increasing prevalence of metabolic and kidney disease. Public health efforts for cardiovascular disease prevention have primarily targeted coronary heart disease. Despite overlapping prevention targets for coronary heart disease and heart failure, prevention of the latter requires tailored approaches to target its unique pathophysiology and heterogeneous subtypes. This Lancet Series serves as a call to action for clinicians, health systems, and governments to prioritise the primary prevention of heart failure.

Read the full Lancet Series on Heart Failure Prevention here:
https://www.thelancet.com/series-do/h...

Appearing in this video are:

Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD MPH
Cardiologist and Clinical Trialist
Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Boton, USA

Sadiya S Khan, MD
Magerstadt Professor
Northwestern University, Chicago, USA

Jacob A Udell, MD
Cardiologist and Clinical Trials
Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital
Women’s College Hospital
University of Toronto

John W Ostrominski, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, USA

Amam Mbakwem
Vice President, World Heart Federation

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