March 1, 2004The American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology
Congestive Heart Failure in the Elderly: The Cardiovascular Health Study
Population
Elderly persons with congestive heart failure and community-dwelling elderly persons
Design
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Discussion
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Implication
Common predictors and poor prognosis apply across elderly HF phenotypes; leaves open whether unified or phenotype-specific strategies improve outcomes.
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Population
Elderly persons with congestive heart failure (both decreased and normal ejection fraction) and community-dwelling elderly persons
Findings from the Cardiovascular Health Study highlight that heart failure in the elderly, whether with preserved or reduced ejection fraction, shares common predictors and carries a similarly poor prognosis.
Cite This Study
Mathew et al. (2004) studied this question.