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

Few conditions in medicine have a prognosis as bleak as chronic heart failure (1, 2), but
recent developments have engendered hope that matters may be improving. There is now a …

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 …

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

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 …

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

Abstract Analysis of 34 years of follow-up of Framingham Study data provides clinically
relevant insights into the prevalence, incidence, secular trends, prognosis, and modifiable …

Background The prognosis in unselected community-dwelling patients with heart failure has
not been widely studied. Objective To determine the short-and long-term mortality of patients …

Aims To determine the prognosis, cause of death, and its determinants in participants of the
population-based Rotterdam Study who were found to have heart failure. Methods and …