Study reveals significant geographic variation in heart failure phenotypes.
- Geographic variation in patient characteristics, treatment, and outcomes exists among heart failure patients with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction.
- Patients from Western Europe were the oldest, while those in Central/Eastern Europe and Russia were the youngest.
- Latin America had the highest proportion of female patients, while North America had the most Black patients.
- Self-reported health status varied, with North America reporting the worst and Asia-Pacific the best.
- Rates of cardiovascular death or heart failure hospitalization varied among regions, with the highest rates in North America and the lowest in Central/Eastern Europe and Russia.
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Cardiology, Pulmonary Medicine, Internal Medicine