Loop diuretic prescribing data suggests heart failure prevalence increases significantly with age, reaching 5.45% in patients over 90 years old.
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Loop diuretic use may flag undiagnosed heart failure in older adults; leaves open whether prescribing data accurately reflect true prevalence.
Clarke et al. (1995) studied this question.
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