Heart Failure Prevention

https://www.thelancet.com/series-do/heart-failure-prevention?dgcid=hubspot_email_conferencealerts_esc25_lancetheartfailure25&utm_campaign=conferencealerts&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--NYQbDGEOLsLtoTjIcVbxOCEbLjNOkeOr92NeZcaU9BDEwQ5BWU-LiBDi0u7OEN9dVaqNqhB5_t-j2o8NfhglnZu39-w&_hsmi=378460064&utm_content=378460064&utm_source=hs_email Executive summary 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.