TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HEART FAILURE A1 - Gupta, Deepak K. A1 - Andersson, Charlotte A1 - Vasan, Ramachandran S. A1 - Wang, Thomas J. A2 - Fuster, Valentin A2 - Harrington, Robert A. A2 - Narula, Jagat A2 - Eapen, Zubin J. PY - 2017 T2 - Hurst's The Heart, 14e AB - Heart failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome caused by abnormalities of cardiac structure or function that result in impaired cardiac filling, ejection of blood, or both and, consequently, an inability to meet the circulatory needs of the body. There is substantial variation in its etiology, associated comorbidities, prognosis, and response to therapy. HF carries a significant burden on society, accounting for approximately 1 million hospitalizations and 65,000 deaths at a cost of $31 billion annually in the United States alone. In this chapter, we review the epidemiology of HF, with a specific focus on chronic HF. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161716398 ER -