心脏衰竭的可怕
心脏衰竭的严重後果
严重影响日常生活及
工作
受徵状影响而
需经常入院 /
住院时间长
心律不正
(例如:心房颤动
或心室心搏过速)
若果情况严重可
引致猝死
心脏衰竭的惊人数字
本港每年因心脏衰竭而住院的人次高达20,0001
约一半心脏衰竭患者会於确诊後五年内死亡2
全球超过六千万人患心脏衰竭3
已发展国家平均1% - 2%成年人患心脏衰竭3
在欧洲及北美洲,1% - 2%患者入院的主因是心脏衰竭4
美国多达620万人患心脏衰竭,到2030年,患心脏衰竭人数预测上升至800万人5
瑞典研究指心脏衰竭问题年轻化,18 - 34岁及35 - 44岁的患病率在20年间分别上升了50%和43%6

参考资料:
  1. Tables on Health Status and Health Services 2019. Department of Health. (2021, February). Retrieved from https://www.dh.gov.hk/english/pub_rec/pub_rec_ar/pdf/1920/supplementary_table2019.pdf.
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  3. Groenewegen, A., Rutten, F. H., Mosterd, A., & Hoes, A. W. (2020). Epidemiology of heart failure. European Journal of Heart Failure, 22(8), 1342–1356. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1858
  4. Reyes, Eugenio B, Ha, Jong-Won, Firdaus, Isman, Ghazi, Azmee Mohd, Phrommintikul, Arintaya, Sim, David, Vu, Quynh Nga, Wah, Siu Chung, Yin, Wei-Hsian, and Cowie, Martin R. (2016). Heart Failure across Asia: Same Healthcare Burden but Differences in Organization of Care. P.163 - 167
  5. Virani, Salim S, Alonso, Alvaro, Benjamin, Emelia J, Bittencourt, Marcio S, Callaway, Clifton W, Carson, April P, Chamberlain, Alanna M, Chang, Alexander R, Cheng, Susan, Delling, Francesca N, Djousse, Luc, Elkind, Mitchell S.V, Ferguson, Jane F, Fornage, Myriam, Khan, Sadiya S, Kissela, Brett M, Knutson, Kristen L, Kwan, Tak W, Lackland, Daniel T, Lewis, Tené T, Lichtman, Judith H, Longenecker, Chris T, Loop, Matthew Shane, Lutsey, Pamela L, Martin, Seth S, Matsushita, Kunihiro, Moran, Andrew E, Mussolino, Michael E, Perak, Amanda Marma, Rosamond, Wayne D, Roth, Gregory A, Sampson, Uchechukwu K.A, Satou, Gary M, Schroeder, Emily B, Shah, Svati H, Shay, Christina M, Spartano, Nicole L, Stokes, Andrew, Tirschwell, David L, VanWagner, Lisa B, and Tsao, Connie W. "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2020 Update: A Report From the American Hearth Association." Circulation (New York, N.Y.) 141.9 (2020): E139-151. Web.
  6. Barasa, Anders & Schaufelberger, Maria & Lappas, Georgios & Swedberg, Karl & Dellborg, Mikael & Rosengren, Annika. (2013). Heart failure in young adults: 20-year trends in hospitalization, aetiology, and case fatality in Sweden. European heart journal. 35. 10.1093/eurheartj/eht278.
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