Abstract
BACKGROUND: To assess the trend in age- and sex-stratified mortality after hospitalization for heart failure (HF) in the Netherlands. METHODS: Two nationwide cohorts of patients, hospitalized for new onset heart failure between 01.01.2000-31.12.2002 and between 01.01.2008-31.12.2010, were constructed by linkage of the Dutch Hospital Discharge Registry and the National Cause
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