Background—Congestive heart failure (CHF) is an increasing public health problem.
Methods and Results—Among Framingham Heart Study subjects who were free of CHF at …

This review highlights recent contributions of the Framingham Heart Study to our
understanding of the epidemiology of congestive heart failure (CHF). Given its uniform …

BACKGROUND Relatively limited epidemiological data are available regarding the
prognosis of congestive heart failure (CHF) and temporal changes in survival after its onset …

Objectives. The study was designed to determine the prevalence and mortality rate of
congestive heart failure in noninstitutionalized men and women in the US Background …

The prevalence, incidence, secular trends, precursors and prognosis of cardiac failure
(CHF) is investigated over 3 decades of follow-up of 5209 subjects. Some 485 men and …

Epidemiologic data from the Framingham Study provide insights into the population burden
of heart failure (CHF), its prognosis and modifiable risk factors that promote it. In the general …

ContextThe epidemic of heart failure has yet to be fully investigated, and data on incidence,
survival, and sex-specific temporal trends in community-based populations are limited …

Congestive heart failure (CHF) definitions vary across epidemiologic studies. The
Framingham Heart Study criteria include CHF signs and symptoms assessed by a physician …

Background Heart failure is a major public health problem. Long-term trends in the
incidence of heart failure and survival after its onset in the community have not been …

Background The incidence of congestive heart failure (CHF) has been increasing steadily in
the United States during the past 2 decades. We studied risk factors for CHF and their …