Hospitalizations due to heart failure: major differences between East and West Germany remaining even 30 years after reunification

¹University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

²Novartis Pharma GmbH, Medical Division, Nurmemberg, Germany

³Lizerner Kantonsspital, Emergency department, Luzern, Switzerland

⁴University Hospital of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany

⁵Leipzig University Hospital, Clinic and Polyclinic for Cardiology, Leipzig, Germany