A significant proportion (>25%) of elderly hypertensive women in primary care have unrecognized heart failure, highlighting the need for improved screening in this high-risk population.
More than a quarter of hypertensive women ≥65 years may have clinical data of unrecognized HF. Hypertensive women with unrecognized clinical HF have a worse clinical profile and worse BP control rates than those without HF.
Barrios et al. (Tue,) studied this question.