Heart failure in frail elderly patients: diagnostic difficulties, co-morbidities, polypharmacy and treatment dilemmas

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 -