As heart failure progresses from one stage to the next, life expectancy decreases.
This article will discuss the four stages of heart failure, its treatment, and prognosis.
Some risk factors are out of a person’s control, likegeneticsor family history of heart failure.
For example, high blood pressure affects nearly half of the U.S. population.
A 2007 study found a 95.7% five-year survival rate for stage B heart failure.
However, progression and survival are worse when looking at a specific subset of stage B heart failure.
People with reduced ejection fraction are more likely to progress to symptomatic heart failure and had worse survival rates.
However, this varies by age and other underlying conditions.
How Quickly Does CHF Progress From Stage to Stage?
The progression of heart failure from stage to stage varies greatly and is not very predictable.
It all depends on the underlyingcause of heart failure and other risk factors.
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