The Importance of Assessing Nutritional Status in Elderly Patients with Heart Failure

Heart failure (HF) is a syndrome characterized by high morbidity and mortality, despite advances in medical and device therapy that have significantly improved survival. The outcome of HF in elderly patients results from a combination of biological, functional, psychological, and environmental facto...

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Published in:Current heart failure reports 2014, Vol.11 (2), p.220-226
Main Authors: Sargento, Luis, Longo, Susana, Lousada, Nuno, dos Reis, Roberto Palma
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Algorithms
Body Mass Index
Cardiac Surgery
Cardiology
Elder Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology
Geriatric Assessment - methods
Heart Failure - complications
Heart Failure - physiopathology
Humans
Imaging
Internal Medicine
Malnutrition - complications
Malnutrition - diagnosis
Management of Heart Failure (TE Meyer
Mass Screening - methods
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nutrition Assessment
Nutritional Status - physiology
Radiology
Section Editor
Vascular Surgery
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Summary:Heart failure (HF) is a syndrome characterized by high morbidity and mortality, despite advances in medical and device therapy that have significantly improved survival. The outcome of HF in elderly patients results from a combination of biological, functional, psychological, and environmental factors, one of which is nutritional status. Malnutrition, as well as HF, is frequently present with aging. Early detection might lead to earlier intervention. It is our goal to review the importance of nutritional status in elderly patients with HF, as well as tools for assessing it. We also propose a simple decision algorithm for the nutritional assessment of elderly patients with HF.
ISSN:1546-9530
1546-9549
DOI:10.1007/s11897-014-0189-5