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Congestive Heart Failure Back Pain In Knee
Article updated and reviewed by Neil Siecke, MD, Clinical Insturctor, UCSD Division of Cardiology on July 28, 2005.
Congestive
Statistics on Heart Failure
- A person aged 40 years or older has a one in five chance of developing heart failure.
- About five million Americans have been diagnosed with heart failure.
- About 550,000 new cases are...
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