Chronic heart failure, part 1. Terminology, epidemiology and diagnosis

Abstract

Chronic heart failure (SE) is a clinical syndrome which represents complication and often the final stage of natural course of a variety of cardiovascular diseases. Despite significant advances in the treatment of chronic heart failure its prognosis is still poor.

It is therefore important to prevent its development.

Keywords

• Chronic heart failure
• heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
• heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
• natriuretic peptides