TY - JOUR
T1 - Heart failure in frail elderly patients
T2 - diagnostic difficulties, co-morbidities, polypharmacy and treatment dilemmas
AU - Lien, Christopher T C
AU - Gillespie, Neil D
AU - Struthers, Allan D
AU - McMurdo, Marion E T
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Heart failure (HF) is difficult to diagnose and treat in older patients. Symptoms may be non-specific and the presence of co-morbidities and polypharmacy complicate treatment strategies. There are, however, few data to quantify the extent of these problems in the very elderly.
AB - Heart failure (HF) is difficult to diagnose and treat in older patients. Symptoms may be non-specific and the presence of co-morbidities and polypharmacy complicate treatment strategies. There are, however, few data to quantify the extent of these problems in the very elderly.
U2 - 10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00200-8
DO - 10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00200-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 11812669
SN - 1388-9842
VL - 4
SP - 91
EP - 98
JO - European Journal of Heart Failure
JF - European Journal of Heart Failure
IS - 1
ER -