ICAR Study: Heart Failure Prevalence and Characterization in Aragon, Spain (2019-2023)

30,677 individuals with heart failure were identified in a population-based, observational study conducted over a 5-year period in Aragon, Spain. The data includes prevalence rates, common comorbidities, treatment patterns, and healthcare utilization trends. The dataset was created by Juan Carlos Romero-Vigara and published on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze age and sex-specific prevalence of heart failure based on reported demographic breakdowns.
• Model comorbidity patterns in heart failure patients based on listed conditions like hypertension and diabetes.
• Study trends in hospital admissions and emergency visits for heart failure between 2019 and 2023.
• Evaluate the prescription patterns of heart failure medications like beta-blockers and SGLT2 inhibitors.

Strengths

• Includes 30,677 patient records with a reported prevalence of 2.7%.
• Covers a 5-year time period (2019-2023) enabling trend analysis.
• Provides specific statistics for multiple comorbidities, treatments, and diagnostic settings.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the underlying data table is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is very small (18.3 KB), indicating limited scope or summary-level data.

Provenance

Source

BIGAN database, Aragon, Spain.

Collection Method

Population-based, observational, retrospective, descriptive cross-sectional study.

Time Range

2019–2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 05:21:34; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Aragon, Spain