Introduction

• 作 者: John B．O’Connell
• 机 构: MD Guest Editor Professor of Medicine Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Director C
• 出 处: Journal of Geriatric Cardiology
• 发表日期: 2006年04期
• 关键词: mortality elderly morbidity carry costs challenging excess targeting admit tensi

Heart Failure (HF) is a major source of morbidity and mortality worldwide.In the United States,five million people carry this diagnosis.It accounts for in excess of one million hospitalizations and costs approximately $30 billion to treat. The elderly population is particularly affected since more than 80% of those hospitalized for HF are over age 65 years. Despite the development of evidence-based therapy and guidelines in the management of chronic HF for use by physicians and other health care providers,the mortality remains high. Heart failure in the geriatric population is particularly

Heart failure (HF) is a major source of morbidity and mortality worldwide.In the United States, five million people carry this diagnosis.It accounts for in excess of one million hospitalizations and costs approximately $ 30 billion to treat. since the more than 80% of those hospitalized for HF are over age 65 years. Despite the development of evidence-based therapy and guidelines in the management of chronic HF for use by physicians and other health care providers, the mortality remains high. Heart failure in the geriatric population is particularly