Heart failure in the Portuguese population aged ≥50 years: prevalence and phenotypes in the PORTHOS study
HF affects approximately one in six Portuguese adults aged ≥50 years, with HFpEF accounting for over 90% of cases, most previously undiagnosed. These findings support NT-proBNP-based screening combined with echocardiographic evaluation to improve early HF detection in ageing populations.
Authors
- LUIS FILIPE PEREIRA
- Cláudia R. Marques (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0947-6040)
- Gianluigi Savarese (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7732-0887)
- Santos Pc
- Luís Filipe Azevedo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8421-2937)
- Ana Rita Henriques (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4581-0843)
- Hugo Martinho
- Adalberto Campos Fernandes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3784-8198)
- Joana Pimenta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4930-0234)
- Cristina Gavina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2553-8264)
- Ana Maria Rodrigues
- Rui Cernadas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5233-0587)
- Marisa Peres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0883-2878)
- F. Bernardo
- María José Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7946-1365)
- Brenda Moura
- R Fontes-Carvalho
- C A Aguiar
- José Silva-Cardoso
- Marisa Pardal
- Jorge M Mendes
- Fátima Franco
- Dulce Brito
- Aurora Andrade
- Victor Machado Gil
- Ana Teresa Timóteo
- Cândida Fonseca
- Helena Canhão
- Pedro Moraes Sarmento
- Rui Baptista
- Lígia Lopes Mendes
- Jorge Ferreira
- José R González-Juanatey
Institutions
- University of Lisbon (PT)
- Universidade do Porto (PT)
- Hospital de São João (PT)
- Unidade Local de Saúde de Entre Douro e Vouga (PT)
- Stockholm South General Hospital (SE)
- Centro de Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (ES)
- Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago (ES)
- Hospital de São José (PT)
- Centro Tecnológico das Indústrias Têxtil e do Vestuário de Portugal (PT)
- Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia (PT)
- Hospital Pedro Hispano (PT)
- Administração Regional de Saúde de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo (PT)
- Associação de Assistência à Criança Deficiente (BR)
- Armed Forces Hospital (SA)
- Instituto Politécnico de Santarém (PT)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (ES)
- Hospital de Santa Cruz (PT)
- Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa (PT)
- Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental (PT)
- Hospital de Santo António (PT)
- Hospital da Luz (PT)
- Hospital de São Bernardo (PT)
- Decision Sciences (United States) (US)
- Institute of Population and Public Health (CA)
- Centre for Health Technology and Services Research (PT)
- Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia (PT)
- Hospital de Santa Marta (PT)
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago (ES)
- Hospital de Santa Maria (PT)
- AstraZeneca (Portugal) (PT)
- University of Aveiro (PT)
- University of Coimbra (PT)
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Heart Journal
- Published
- 2026-01-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehag030
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00