January 11, 1999Archives of Internal Medicine
Congestive Heart Failure in the Community
Population
248 patients with new onset of congestive heart failure fulfilling Framingham criteria in Rochester, Minn.
Design
Cohort
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
No improvement seen in this cohort; leaves open effects of later therapies on contemporary HF incidence and survival.
Structured PICO
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Population
248 patients with new onset of congestive heart failure fulfilling Framingham criteria in Rochester, Minn (107 in 1981 and 141 in 1991).
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Outcome
Incidence of congestive heart failure and survivalhard clinical
Between 1981 and 1991, there was no significant change in the incidence or survival of patients with congestive heart failure in this community cohort.
Cite This Study
Senni et al. (1999) studied this question.