Int J Heart Fail.2021 Oct:3(4):224-236International Journal ofhttps://doi.org/10.36628/ijhf.2021.0023Heart FailurJHFpISSN2636-154Xe1lSSN2636-1558Original ArticleHeart Failure Statistics in Korea,2020:價Check for updatesA Report from the Korean Society ofHeart FailureJin Joo Park MD,PhD',Chan Joo Lee MD,PhD,Sung-Ji Park MD,PhD,Jin-Oh Choi®，MD,PhD3,Seonghoon Choi®，MD,PhD,Seong-Mi Park,MD,PhD,Eui Young Choi MD,PhD5,Eung Ju Kim MD,PhD',Byung-Su Yoo MD,PhD,Seok-Min Kang MD,PhD,Myung Hee Park MPharm,MBA,Jungkuk Lee MS,and Dong-Ju Choi MD,PhDiDivision of Cardiology.Cardiovascular Center.Seoul National University Bundang Hospital,Seongnam,OPEN ACCESSKorea*Division of Cardiology.Department of Internal Medicine,Severance Hospital,Yonsei University College ofMedicine.Seoul,KoreaDepartment of Internal Medicine,Sungkyunkwan University College of Medicine,Seoul,KoreaReceived:Jun10,20☑"Department of Inter nal Medicine,Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital,Seoul,KoreaRevised:Aug 23,2021Division of Cardiology.Department of Internal Medicine.Korea University Anam Hospital,Seoul,KoreaAccepted:Sep3,2021Department of Inter nal Medicine.Yonsei University Gangnam Severance Hospital.Seoul,KoreaDivision of Cardiology.Department of Internal Medicine.Korea University Guro Hospital.Seoul,KoreaCorrespondence toDepartment of Internal Medicine.Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine.Wonju.KoreaDong-Ju Choi,MD,PhDData Science Team,Hanmi Pharm.Co.,Ltd.,Seoul,KoreaDivision of Cardiology.Cardiovasoular Center,Seoul National University Bundang Hospital,82 Gumi-ro 173beon-gil,Bundang gu.Seongnam 13620,Korea.ABSTRACTE-mail:dijchoi@snubh.orgBackground and objectives:Heart failure(HF)is a disease with high morbidity andCopyright 2021.Korean Society of Heartmortality.With ageing society and increasing prevalence of risk factors of HF,the prevalenceFailureThis is an Open Acoess article distributedof HF is expected to increase,as well.In this official report of the Korean Society of Heartunder the terms ofthe Creative CommonsFailure the epidemiology of HF in Korea is presented.Attribution Non-Commercial License(https://Methods:The data of Korean National Health Insurance big data,the Korean Heart Failurecreat ivecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0)(KorHF)and the Korean Acute Heart Failure (KorAHF)registries have been used.which permits unrestricted noncommercialResults:In 2018,the prevalence,incidence,mortality of HF patients,and mortality due touse.distribution,and reproduction in anyHF were 2,261,579,245,and 10.4 per 100.000 persons,respectively.Regarding the temporalmedium.provided the original work is properlycited.trend,there was a continuous increase in HF prevalence(0.77%in 2002,1.48%in 2013,and 2.24%in 2018)and HF related deaths.The most common etiology for HF was ischemicORCID iDsorigin,and the dominant subtype was HF with reduced ejection fraction(EF),defined asJin Joo ParkEF s40%.Ofthese,77.6%,58.0%,and 55.1%received renin-angiotensin-system inhibitorshttps://orcid.org/
