Table 5 Causes of heart failure in population based studies.
Cause | Framingham heart study15 | Hillingdon heart failure studyw24 | Bromley heart failure study16 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Men | Women | |||
Ischaemic | 59 | 48 | 36 | 52 |
Non‐ischaemic: | ||||
Hypertension | 70 | 78 | 14 | 4 |
Valvular heart disease | 22 | 31 | 7 | 10 |
Atrial fibrillation | 5 | 3 | ||
Alcohol | 4 | |||
Other | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
Unknown | 34 | 23 |
Because of rounding, the percentages do not always add up to 100.
Framingham heart study: ischaemic heart disease and hypertension could be co‐named as causing heart failure.