The Burden of Chronic Congestive Heart Failure in Older Persons: Magnitude and Implications for Policy and Research
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Heart Failure Reviews
- Vol. 7 (1) , 9-16
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1013793621248
Abstract
Heart failure disproportionately affects the older population. Approximately 80% of all cases of heart failure in the United States occur in persons aged 65 years and older. It is associated with...Keywords
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