Spectrum of heart failure in older patients: Results from the national heart failure project

Background The elderly make up the majority of patients with heart failure (HF), but information on this segment of the HF population is lacking because clinical trials typically enroll younger patients and population-based studies lack clinical detail. We sought to describe a contemporary national...

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Published in:The American heart journal 2002-03, Vol.143 (3), p.412-417
Main Authors: Havranek, Edward P., Masoudi, Frederick A., Westfall, Kelly A., Wolfe, Pam, Ordin, Diana L., Krumholz, Harlan M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cholesterol
Clinical trials
Comorbidity
Coronary Disease - epidemiology
Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology
Female
Heart
Heart failure
Heart Failure - complications
Heart Failure - epidemiology
Heart Failure - physiopathology
Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement
Hospitalization
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals
Humans
Hypertension - epidemiology
Male
Medical sciences
Medicare
Patient Discharge - statistics & numerical data
Patient Selection
Population
Potassium
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology
Sample size
Social security numbers
Stroke Volume
Studies
Trends
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:Background The elderly make up the majority of patients with heart failure (HF), but information on this segment of the HF population is lacking because clinical trials typically enroll younger patients and population-based studies lack clinical detail. We sought to describe a contemporary national sample of elderly patients with HF and to examine the sample for age-related trends in clinical characteristics. Methods We studied the charts of 800 Medicare patients per state who were hospitalized with a principal diagnosis of HF between April 1998 and March 1999. There were 34,587 patients in the sample after exclusion of patients who were
ISSN:0002-8703
1097-6744
DOI:10.1067/mhj.2002.120773