We want to put an end to unnecessary heart failure in the UK.
Heart failure affects 3 in every hundred women and 4 in every hundred men. It has an untreated survival rate similar to cancer, and about 40% die within a year of diagnosis. The UK needs to do better on heart failure to improve outcomes for patients.
Heart failure should not be viewed as a palliative condition, with sufferers waiting to die. More should be done to improve patients' quality of lives; better manage their condition to reduce unnecessary hospitalisations and save the NHS money; and help reduce mortality from heart failure.
Many people with heart failure also suffer abnormal rhythms in their heart which can be fatal. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) jolt the heart back into its natural rhythm when it goes out of rhythm. Cardiac resynchronisation therapy devices help pace the heart to enable it to pump blood more efficiently and include a defibrillation function, offering protection from sudden cardiac death.
We fully support efforts to raise awareness of heart failure and efforts to improve patient access to the latest medical technology for treating heart failure including ICDs and CRTs.
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For further information about heart failure, please download our PDF, Don't Fail on Heart Failure - The evidence and what can be done.
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