Framingham Heart Failure Diagnostic Criteria
Diagnoses heart failure based on major and minor criteria.
INSTRUCTIONS
Select minor criteria ONLY if they cannot be explained by another comorbidity, e.g. dyspnea on exertion secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Dr. William Kannel
About the creator
William Kannel, MD, MPH, (d. 2011) was a professor of medicine and public health at Boston University. He was also director of the Visiting Scientist Program at the Framingham Heart Study. Dr. Kannel published hundreds of peer reviewed studies, and coined the term “risk factors”.
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