Important: VAERS reports alone cannot determine if a vaccine caused an adverse event. Reports may contain incomplete, inaccurate, or unverified information. Correlation does not equal causation.
Cardiac failure congestive appears in 1,857 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 375 reports also mentioned death and 1,447 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 98.1%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID-19, Shingles (Zostavax), Flu (Trivalent). Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Cardiac failure congestive has been reported 1,857 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 375 were associated with death (20.19%) and 1,447 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Cardiac failure congestive is 98.1%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.