A significant proportion of older adults have undiagnosed heart failure or preclinical LV systolic dysfunction, indicating that diagnosed cases represent only a fraction of the true disease burden.
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High undiagnosed HF burden in older adults may exist; leaves open whether screening improves outcomes in prospective studies.
Abhayaratna et al. (2006) studied this question.
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