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Introduction It is estimated that about 920,000 people are living with heart failure (HF) in the UK.1 According to a National Heart Failure Audit (NHFA) summary report, 74,696 patients were admitted to hospitals in England and Wales due to heart failure between April 2018 and March 2019, representing a 21% rise from a year ago.2 Acute heart failure (AHF) has high mortality of 9.3%,2 and the morbidity is also substantial, including depression and hopelessness.3 Psychological intervention in the form of cognitive behavioural therapy improved quality of life in patients with HF and also led to a reduction in the exploratory outcome of rehospita

Dear Sirs, Research on sex difference in mortality after myocardial infarction (MI) since the 1990s has been debated and increased. Several observational studies have shown that younger women, in particular, seemed to have higher mortality rates than men of similar age during the two-year or longer follow-up, although these studies were mainly from the USA.1-3 Recent American studies have also found that, even after full adjustment for potential risk factors, excess risk for in-hospital mortality for women was still noted, particularly among those <50 years old with acute ST-segment elevation MI, leading to 98% (odds ratio [OR] 1.98, 95% c