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Study Shows Heart Failure in Parents is Associated with Increased Risk for Offspring

Office of the Director - July 12, 2006

New results from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's (NHLBI) Framingham Heart Study demonstrate that having a parent who has had heart failure confers a 70 percent greater risk of developing the disease, even when accounting for common heart failure risk factors. Study participants with a parental occurrence of heart failure were about twice as likely to have a poorly functioning left ventricle, a heart abnormality which can lead to the development of heart failure.

For more information, please read the NIH/NHLBI Media Availability, "Heart Failure in Parents is Associated with Increased Risk for Offspring."





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