Heart failure remains a major health problem with high mortality, demonstrating 1-year and 5-year survival rates of 76% and 35% respectively in a cited community-based survey.
High mortality in heart failure warrants vigilant management; leaves open need for improved therapies and updated prognostic models.
Heart failure is a major health problem in the United States. It is estimated that 4.6 million Americans are currently treated for heart failure and that approximately 550,000 new cases are diagnosed each year.1 Despite advances in therapy, including the widespread use of angiotensin-converting–enzyme inhibitors and the introduction of beta-adrenergic antagonists, mortality associated with heart failure remains high.2 In a recent community-based survey, one-year and five-year survival rates after the onset of heart failure were 76 percent and 35 percent, respectively.3 In 1998, heart failure contributed to 260,000 deaths in the United States.1 The accurate assessment of prognosis in heart . . .
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Michael M. Givertz (2000) studied this question.