Multiple Chronic Conditions and Heart Failure: Overlooking the Obvious?

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York. Electronic address: msm10@cumc.columbia.edu.

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Jonathan A Shaffer et al. JACC Heart Fail. 2015 Jul.

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. 2015 Jul;3(7):551-553.

doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.04.005.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York. Electronic address: msm10@cumc.columbia.edu.

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Keywords: geriatric cardiology; multimorbidity; multiple chronic conditions; patient-centered care.

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Burden of Comorbidities and Functional and Cognitive Impairments in Elderly Patients at the Initial Diagnosis of Heart Failure and Their Impact on Total Mortality: The Cardiovascular Health Study.
Murad K, Goff DC Jr, Morgan TM, Burke GL, Bartz TM, Kizer JR, Chaudhry SI, Gottdiener JS, Kitzman DW. Murad K, et al. JACC Heart Fail. 2015 Jul;3(7):542-550. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.03.004. JACC Heart Fail. 2015. PMID: 26160370 Free PMC article.