Heart Failure (HF) is an important cardiovascular problem in India and its prevalence appears to rise. The data from the ICMR funded Trivandrum Heart Failure Registry shows that the Indian patients are younger by 10 years and majority of the burden is below 65 years of age compared to the west. We have no data on heart failure representative of the country.

Study objectives

To establish a Heart Failure Registry representative of the different regions of the country to study:

• Etiology, Modes of presentation
• Trends in management, outcomes
• 90 day, 6 M and One year mortality
• Readmission rate, causes