Lifetime Risk for Developing Congestive Heart Failure
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Lifetime risk for developing congestive heart failure: the Framingham Heart Study.
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 baseline, we determined the lifetime risk for developing overt CHF at selected index ages. We followed 3757 men and 4472 women from 1971 to 1996 for 124 262 person-years; 583 subjects developed CHF and 2002 died without prior CHF. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000039105.49749.6f