Cardiology Department, UCSF Fresno Cardiology, Fresno, CA 93721, USA.
Med Clin North Am. 2012 Sep;96(5):881-90. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2012.07.011.
Heart failure (HF) remains a major growing public health problem in the United States. Despite extensive understanding of the mechanism at the molecular level and innovations in therapy, HF carries high morbidity and mortality rates, with frequent hospital admissions. In the Medicare population, HF is the leading cause for hospitalization, accounting for more than1 million admissions per year. The authors provide a review of the epidemiology and pathophysiology of HF.
心力衰竭（HF）仍然是美国一个日益严重的主要公共卫生问题。尽管在分子水平上对其机制有广泛的了解，并且治疗方法也有创新，但 HF 的发病率和死亡率仍然很高，经常需要住院治疗。在 Medicare 人群中，HF 是导致住院的主要原因，每年有超过 100 万人住院。作者对 HF 的流行病学和病理生理学进行了综述。
