Journal of Cardiac Failure

We are proud of the progress reflected in this year’s Impact Factor of 9.9, but even more proud of what all of this represents.

A heartfelt THANK YOU to our entire JCF Family. Your engagement as authors, reviewers, readers, and mentors continues to drive this collective success.

The Heart Failure (HF) care infrastructure faces major workforce & quality gaps:

👉 >80% hospitalized in final year of life
👉 Only 1,523 certified HF specialists in U.S.
👉 61% of clinics lack psychology staff

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Heart Failure (HF) is now the No. 1 cause of cardiogenic shock, with mortality rising ~4x over 25 years.

👉 Slide 1: Key Stage D HF & shock stats

📊 Slide 2: Etiologies, HF subtypes & mortality

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Cardiovascular disease drives 22% of maternal deaths — and Heart Failure accounts for 10.7% of pregnancy-related deaths.

Black women face a 3–4x higher risk of peripartum cardiomyopathy. Coordinated cardio-obstetric care is vital.

🔗 Full HF STATS report bit.ly/4Aczgkm

🩺 Specific cardiomyopathies driving Heart Failure remain widely underdiagnosed despite growing therapeutic importance. Our HF STATS 2026 report highlights a major diagnostic gap preventing timely, disease-modifying care. More here bit.ly/4zjotF9

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