Heart failure in the "oldest old": clinical and echocardiographic insights.
Am J Geriatr Cardiol
; 16(4): 236-42, 2007.
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ABSTRACT
While the incidence and prevalence of heart failure (HF) increase markedly with age, few studies have included data on a large series of patients aged 85 years and older. Clinical and echocardiographic data from 533 patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital for acute HF were obtained. Data from the oldest old (>or=85 years; n=252; mean age, 91.9+/-3.6 years) were compared with data from those aged 65 to 74 years (n=123; mean age, 70.1+/-2.8 years) and 75 to 84 years (n=158; mean age, 79.4+/-2.9 years). Echocardiographic data were consistent with hypertensive remodeling. The proportion of patients with HF and a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction was greatest in the oldest patients (61%) in comparison to patients aged 65 to 74 years (48%) and 75 to 84 years (48%). Approximately three-fourths of the oldest patients were women, and two-thirds of women had a left ventricular ejection fraction >or=50%.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Volumen Sistólico
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Insuficiencia Cardíaca
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Ventrículos Cardíacos
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Geriatr Cardiol
Asunto de la revista:
CARDIOLOGIA
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GERIATRIA
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos