Improving survival in the 6 months after diagnosis of heart failure in the past decade: population-based data from the UK

Objective:

To investigate the secular trend in survival after a new diagnosis of heart failure in the UK population.

Design and Setting:

Comparison of all-cause mortality in the 6 months after diagnosis of heart failure in population-based studies in the south east of England in 2004–5 (Hillingdon–Hastings Study) and 1995–7 (Hillingdon–Bromley Studies).

Participants:

396 patients in the 2004–5 cohort and 552 patients...