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Statistics on the human and economic impact of the syndrome of heart failure in the United States have been well described, but they deserve further emphasis.¹ The incidence of heart failure approaches 10 per 1000 population after the age of 65 years, so that nearly 5 million Americans have this condition today. Despite great advances in medical and surgical management, the five-year mortality rate continues to be about 50 percent; sudden death from cardiac causes occurs among persons with heart failure at six to nine times the rate in the general population. From 1979 to 1998, deaths due to this . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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