Epidemiology of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction and Heart Failure in the Framingham Study: An Echocardiographic Study Over 3 Decades

Conclusions
The profile of HF in the community has changed in recent decades, with a lower prevalence of LVSD and an increased frequency of HFpEF, presumably due to concomitant risk factor trends.

Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging - January 1, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Vasan, R. S., Xanthakis, V., Lyass, A., Andersson, C., Tsao, C., Cheng, S., Aragam, J., Benjamin, E. J., Larson, M. G. Tags: MOC Source Type: research