… risk factors such as hypertension and coronary artery disease, the epidemic of heart failure
… of heart failure among older adults, the influence of an aging population on heart failure …

… with a primary diagnosis of heart failure; therefore, these … , heart failure. We sought to
evaluate recent trends in primary and secondary heart failure hospitalizations in the United States …

Background— Heart failure (HF) is an important contributor to both the burden and cost of
national healthcare expenditures, with more older Americans hospitalized for HF than for any …

… doubled between 1973 and 1995, other data suggest that the heart failure hospitalization
epidemic has stabilized in the United States. We sought to describe trends in heart failure …

… living in the United States have chronic heart failure, with … 6 Chronic heart failure results
in almost 1 million hospitalizations … The evaluation and care of patients with heart failure, not …

… In the United States, heart failure (HF) affects ≈6.5 million adults, 1 and lifetime risk of HF is
… of heart failure in the United States: a policy statement from the American Heart Association.…

… Heart failure (HF) is prevalent in 5.7 million people in the United States.1 Annual costs for …
for identifying episodes of acute decompensated heart failure, the main driver for inpatient …

… Using data from the multiple cause of death files, this report describes the trends in heart
failure-related mortality from 2000 through 2014 for the US population, by age, sex, race …

… the ICD-8 codes 400.1 (malignant hypertension with heart involve¬ ment), 402 (hypertensive
heart disease), 427.0 (congestive heart failure), and 427.1 (left ventricular failure) were …

… Background Congestive heart failure (CHF) is increasing as a public health problem in the
United States. The ability to quantify this problem has been limited by a lack of data regarding …