Heart failure is one of the leading causes of illness and death in the UK1 affecting nearly 1 million people2
Heart failure is a serious and chronic disease that prevents the heart from being able to pump enough blood to the body. The outlook for patients with heart failure is poor, with survival rates worse than those for bowel, breast or prostate cancer 3. Furthermore, heart failure places great stress on patients, caregivers and healthcare systems. A late diagnosis of heart failure in the UK is common and 80 per cent of heart failure is currently diagnosed following admission to hospital4. Early detection of heart failure is crucial to ensuring patients get access to life-saving treatments in a timely manner, helping to avoid hospital admission and improve the quality of patient lives3
