Acute heart failure in elderly patients: worse outcomes and differential utility of standard prognostic variables. Insights from the PROTECT trial.

Metra, Marco; Mentz, Robert J; Chiswell, Karen; Bloomfield, Daniel M; Cleland, John G F; Cotter, Gad; Davison, Beth A; Dittrich, Howard C; Fiuzat, Mona; Givertz, Michael M; Lazzarini, Valentina; Mansoor, George A; Massie, Barry M; Ponikowski, Piotr; Teerlink, John R; Voors, Adriaan A; O'Connor, Christopher M

Metra, Marco; Mentz, Robert J; Chiswell, Karen; Bloomfield, Daniel M; Cleland, John G F; Cotter, Gad; Davison, Beth A; Dittrich, Howard C; Fiuzat, Mona; Givertz, Michael M; Lazzarini, Valentina; Mansoor, George A; Massie, Barry M; Ponikowski, Piotr; Teerlink, John R; Voors, Adriaan A; O'Connor, Christopher M.

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Metra M; Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

Eur J Heart Fail ; 17(1): 109-18, 2015 Jan.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25431336

Subject(s)

Diuretics/therapeutic use; Heart Failure/drug therapy; Xanthines/therapeutic use; Acute Disease; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Blood Pressure; Double-Blind Method; Female; Heart Failure/blood; Heart Failure/physiopathology; Hospitalization; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Prognosis; Proportional Hazards Models; Severity of Illness Index; Sodium/blood; Treatment Outcome

Key words

Acute heart failure; Age; Blood pressure; Elderly

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Health context: 6_ODS3_enfermedades_notrasmisibles Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Xanthines / Diuretics / Heart Failure Type of study: Clinical_trials / Prognostic_studies Limits: Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Eur J Heart Fail Year: 2015 Document type: Article

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