Heart Failure: Prevalence, Symptoms, Treatments
Volume 1 - Issue 1
Fatemeh Fatemifar*
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
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Fatemeh Fatemifar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Received: January 30, 2018; Published: February 08, 2018
DOI: 10.32474/OAJBEB.2018.01.000105
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Abstract
Heart failure (HF) is a growing epidemic that affects about
six million people in the United States and more than 23 million
worldwide [1,2].The prevalence of HF is greatest among people
aged 65 years or older and has been increasing with the growth
of this demographic population [3-6]. Around 50% and 90% of
patients with HF die within 5 and 10 years of diagnosis, respectively
[1]. Total medical costs attributable to diagnosis, treatment, and
prevention of HF in the developed countries are approximately 1%
- 2% of the total health care expenditure [7-9]. In the United States,
total costs for HF care are more than $39 billion annually [2].
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