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Heart failure deaths are increasing steadily in the U.S., fueled by a rise in deaths among young and middle-aged adults, a new report says.
But heart failure deaths have doubled among people 25 to 64 years old, far outpacing increases among seniors, according to the report from the Heart Failure Society of America.
"We have made extraordinary advances in our ability to treat heart failure, yet at the population level, the burden of heart failure continues to move in the wrong direction," report committee chair Dr. Eiran Gorodeski said in a news release. He's director of the Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Center at the University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute in Cleveland.
The report—published Oct. 5 in the Journal of Cardiac Failure—"shows not only that more Americans are at risk, but that mortality is rising and younger adults are increasingly affected," Gorodeski said.
Heart failure occurs when the heart muscle becomes so weak that it cannot keep up with the body's demands for oxygen- and nutrient-rich blood, according to the American Heart Association.
About one in four Americans will develop heart failure during their lifetime, according to the new report. Currently, about a third of U.S. adults are at risk for heart failure.
Overall, heart failure deaths increased 37% between 2010 and 2023, reversing more than a decade of previous progress, the report said.
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