Symptoms Of Heart Failure In Women
Health Encyclopedia: Congestive Heart Failure Risk Factors
- Congestive Heart Failure Risk Factors
- Highlights
- Introduction
- The Causes of Congestive Heart Failure
- Symptoms of Congestive Heart Failure
- Congestive Heart Failure Complications
- Congestive Heart Failure Diagnosis
Risk Factors
Nearly 5 million Americans currently suffer from heart failure. About 550,000 new cases of heart failure are now diagnosed each year. In 1970 there were only 250,000 new cases, so the annual numbers have risen dramatically. Such numbers represent an increasingly older population. Although there has been a dramatic increase over the last several decades in the number of people who suffer from heart failure, survival rates have been improving greatly. Of note, older men tend to fare be...
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