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 …

Objective To compare the incidence of congestive heart failure and the survival in patients
with congestive heart failure in Rochester, Minn, in 1981 with that observed in 1991 …

Congestive heart failure has become an increasingly frequent reason for hospital admission
during the last 2 decades and clearly represents a major health problem. Data from the …

Background—Data are limited regarding the classification and prognosis of patients with
congestive heart failure (CHF) in the community. Methods and Results—Using the resources …

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 …

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 …

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

Despite the paucity of epidemiologic work on congestive heart failure (CHF), the salient
features of the natural course of cardiac failure are understood. The estimated 1983 …

Background The relationship between incident congestive heart failure (CHF) and ethnicity
as well as racial/ethnic differences in the mechanisms leading to CHF have not been …

OBJECTIVES We sought to characterize the predictors of incident congestive heart failure
(CHF), as determined by central adjudication, in a community-based elderly population …