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Review
. 2015 Sep-Oct;50(5):237-46.
doi: 10.1016/j.regg.2015.03.003. Epub 2015 May 9.

[Chronic heart failure in the elderly patient]

[Article in Spanish]
David Chivite  1 , Jhonatan Franco  2 , Francesc Formiga  2
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Review

[Chronic heart failure in the elderly patient]

[Article in Spanish]
David Chivite et al. Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol. 2015 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

The prevalence and incidence of heart failure (HF) is increasing, especially in the elderly population, and is becoming a major geriatric problem. Elderly patients with HF usually show etiopathogenic, epidemiological, and even clinical characteristics significantly different from those present in younger patients. Their treatment, however, derives from clinical trials performed with only a few elderly subjects. Moreover, beyond the cardiovascular disease itself, it is essential to evaluate the patient as a whole, given the interrelationship between HF and the characteristic geriatric syndromes of the elderly patient. This review examines the peculiarities in the most prevalent "real world" HF patient.

Keywords: Anciano; Elderly; Heart failure; Insuficiencia cardíaca.

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