RT Book, Section
A1 Huffman, Lynn C.
A1 Bolling, Steven F.
A2 Cohn, Lawrence H.
SR Print(0)
ID 55931088
T1 Chapter 68. Nontransplant Surgical Options for Heart Failure
T2 Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, 4e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163310-9
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55931088
RD 2024/04/25
AB Congestive  heart  failure  (CHF)  has  become  a  major  worldwide  public  health  problem.  In  our  ever-aging  population,  medical  advances  that  have  extended  our  average  life  expectancy  have  also  left  more  people  living  with  chronic  cardiac  disease  than  ever  before.  More  than  20  million  people  are  affected  worldwide.  In  the  United  States  the  estimated  2006  prevalence  of  heart  failure  in  adults  age  20  and  older  is  5.8  million  yet  less  than  3000  are  offered  transplantation  because  of  limitations  of  age,  comorbid  conditions,  and  donor  availability.  Despite  the  significant  improvements  with  medical  management  hospital  discharges  for  heart  failure  rose  from  877,000  in  1996  to  1,106,000  in  2006  and  mortality  in  the  first  year  is  one  in  five.  CHF  patients  are  repeatedly  readmitted  for  inpatient  care  and  the  vast  majority  will  die  within  3  years  of  diagnosis.1