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World J Cardiol. Apr 26, 2026; 18(4): 117928
Published online Apr 26, 2026. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i4.117928
Published online Apr 26, 2026. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i4.117928
Demographic and clinical profile of patients with heart failure at a tertiary care hospital
Lotos Gailson, Abhishek Singh, Akshyaya Pradhan, Rajeev Choudhary, Monika Bhandari, Pravesh Vishwakarma, Ayush Shukla, Akhil Sharma, Gaurav Chaudhary, Sharad Chandra, Rishi Sethi, Sudhanshu Kumar Dwivedi, Department of Cardiology, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India
Sudesh Prajapathi, Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal 462026, Madhya Pradesh, India
Co-first authors: Lotos Gailson and Abhishek Singh.
Author contributions: Gailson L and Singh A equally contributed to this manuscript and are co-first authors. Gailson L and Pradhan A conceived the project; Gailson L, Singh A and Pradhan A were involved in data collection; Bhandari M, Vishwakarma P and Gailson L were instrumental in data organization and collation; Gailson L, Shukla A and Pradhan A performed the statistical analysis; Sharma A, Pradhan A and Chaudhary G performed literature search; Gailson L, Chandra S and Prajapathi S prepared the first draft; Chandra S and Sethi R critically reviewed the manuscript; Dwivedi SK, Sethi R and Pradhan A approved the final version; Pradhan A performed the journal search and submitted the initial version to journal.
Institutional review board statement: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee of King George’s Medical University prior to the commencement of the study, No. 83/Ethics/2020.
Informed consent statement: All participants provided informed written consent in English or Hindi, as per their preference.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement-checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement-checklist of items.
Data sharing statement: Data is available with the corresponding author and can be shared on request.
Corresponding author: Akshyaya Pradhan, MD, DM, Professor, Department of Cardiology, King George’s Medical University, Shahmina Road, Chowk, Lucknow 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India. akshyaya33@gmail.com
Received: December 18, 2025
Revised: January 14, 2026
Accepted: March 9, 2026
Published online: April 26, 2026
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Revised: January 14, 2026
Accepted: March 9, 2026
Published online: April 26, 2026
Processing time: 116 Days and 10.5 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Heart failure (HF) in India represents a growing public health challenge, affecting patients at a younger age and predominantly driven by ischemic heart disease. In this hospital-based study from North India, most patients had HF with reduced ejection fraction and a high burden of diabetes and hypertension. Although prescription rates of guideline-directed medical therapy were relatively high, only 64% of patients received all three foundational HF drugs, and uptake of newer therapies such as angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitors was low. These findings highlight critical gaps in surveillance, early risk factor control, and optimisation of evidence-based HF care in India.