Incidence of cancer in patients with chronic heart failure: a long-term follow-up study

Incidence of cancer in patients with chronic heart failure: a long-term follow-up study

Aims With improvement in survival of chronic heart failure (HF), the clinical importance of co‐morbidity is increasing. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence and risk of cancer and all‐cause mortality in a large Danish HF cohort. Methods and results A total of 9307 outpatients with verif...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of heart failure 2016-03, Vol.18 (3), p.260-266
Hauptverfasser: Banke, Ann, Schou, Morten, Videbæk, Lars, Møller, Jacob E., Torp-Pedersen, Christian, Gustafsson, Finn, Dahl, Jordi S., Køber, Lars, Hildebrandt, Per R., Gislason, Gunnar H.
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Sprache:eng
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Aged
Cancer
Chronic Disease
Chronic heart failure
Co-morbidity
Comorbidity
Denmark - epidemiology
Epidemiology
Female
Heart Failure - epidemiology
Heart Failure - mortality
Humans
Incidence
Male
Neoplasms - epidemiology
Prognosis
Risk Factors
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Zusammenfassung:Aims With improvement in survival of chronic heart failure (HF), the clinical importance of co‐morbidity is increasing. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence and risk of cancer and all‐cause mortality in a large Danish HF cohort. Methods and results A total of 9307 outpatients with verified HF without a prior diagnosis of cancer (27% female, mean age 68 years, 89% with LVEF
ISSN:1388-9842
1879-0844
DOI:10.1002/ejhf.472