Ragavendra R. Baliga • Garrie J. Haas
Editors

2015

The syndrome of chronic heart failure (HF) has grown to be one of the most pervasive and complicated medical conditions of the twenty-first century. As a global public health problem affecting an estimated 26 million people worldwide and >650,000 new cases annually, HF has garnered worldwide attention as an epidemic that continues to take a major toll both on individuals with the disease and on society in general.