Failing ageing hearts
Key result
An impending epidemic of chronic heart failure will be largely driven by an ageing population, with projections of 70 million adults over 65 years in the United States by 2030.
Population
Elderly patients with chronic heart failure
Design
Editorial
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Overview
Clinicians should anticipate rising HF burden in the elderly; leaves open the need for age-specific trials.
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Population
Elderly patients with chronic heart failure
Highlights the critical need to study chronic heart failure specifically in elderly populations, given the significant age discrepancy between clinical trial cohorts and real-world patients.
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Mark C. Petrie (2001) conducted an editorial in Chronic heart failure. An impending epidemic of chronic heart failure will be largely driven by an ageing population, with projections of 70 million adults over 65 years in the United States by 2030.