About the Authors

Núria Farré

NFarreLopez@parcdesalutmar.cat

Affiliations Heart Failure Programme, Department of Cardiology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, Heart Diseases Biomedical Research Group, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain, School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Emili Vela

Affiliation Analysis on Demand and Activity Division, Catalan Health Service, Barcelona, Spain

Montse Clèries

Affiliation Analysis on Demand and Activity Division, Catalan Health Service, Barcelona, Spain

Montse Bustins

Affiliation Analysis on Demand and Activity Division, Catalan Health Service, Barcelona, Spain

Miguel Cainzos-Achirica

Affiliations Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Department of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Cristina Enjuanes

Affiliations Heart Failure Programme, Department of Cardiology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, Heart Diseases Biomedical Research Group, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain, School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Pedro Moliner

Affiliations Heart Failure Programme, Department of Cardiology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, Heart Diseases Biomedical Research Group, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain, School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Sonia Ruiz

Affiliations Heart Failure Programme, Department of Cardiology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, Heart Diseases Biomedical Research Group, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain

José María Verdú-Rotellar

Affiliations Heart Diseases Biomedical Research Group, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain, School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Jordi Gol Primary Care Research Institute, Catalan Institute of Heath, Barcelona, Spain

Josep Comín-Colet

Affiliations Heart Diseases Biomedical Research Group, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain, Heart Failure Program, Cardiology Department, University Hospital Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Science, University of Barcelona, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, IDIBELL (Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute), Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: NF JCC EV MC JMVR MCA. Data curation: EV MC MB. Formal analysis: EV MC MB. Investigation: EV MC MB. Methodology: EV MC MB NF JCC. Project administration: NF JCC EV MC. Supervision: JCC MB. Visualization: EV MC SR PM. Writing – original draft: NF JCC EV MB CE. Writing – review & editing: NF EV MC MB MCA PM SR JMVR JCC CE.