TY - JOUR
T1 - Management of noncardiac comorbidities in chronic heart failure
AU - Chong, Vun Heng
AU - Singh, Jagdeep
AU - Parry, Helen
AU - Saunders, Jocelyn
AU - Chowdhury, Farhad
AU - Mancini, Donna M.
AU - Lang, Chim C.
PY - 2015/10
Y1 - 2015/10
N2 - Prevalence of heart failure is increasing, especially in the elderly population. Noncardiac comorbidities complicate heart failure care and are increasingly common in elderly patients with reduced or preserved ejection fraction heart failure, owing to prolongation of patient's lives by advances in chronic heart failure (CHF) management. Common comorbidities include respiratory disease, renal dysfunction, anemia, arthritis, obesity, diabetes mellitus, cognitive dysfunction, and depression. These conditions contribute to the progression of the disease and may alter the response to treatment, partly as polypharmacy is inevitable in these patients. Cardiologists and other physicians caring for patients with CHF need to be vigilant to comorbid conditions that complicate the care of these patients. There is now more guidance on management of noncardiac comorbidities in heart failure, and this article contains a comprehensive review of the most recent updates on management of noncardiac comorbidities in CHF.
AB - Prevalence of heart failure is increasing, especially in the elderly population. Noncardiac comorbidities complicate heart failure care and are increasingly common in elderly patients with reduced or preserved ejection fraction heart failure, owing to prolongation of patient's lives by advances in chronic heart failure (CHF) management. Common comorbidities include respiratory disease, renal dysfunction, anemia, arthritis, obesity, diabetes mellitus, cognitive dysfunction, and depression. These conditions contribute to the progression of the disease and may alter the response to treatment, partly as polypharmacy is inevitable in these patients. Cardiologists and other physicians caring for patients with CHF need to be vigilant to comorbid conditions that complicate the care of these patients. There is now more guidance on management of noncardiac comorbidities in heart failure, and this article contains a comprehensive review of the most recent updates on management of noncardiac comorbidities in CHF.
KW - Comorbidities
KW - Drug treatment
KW - Heart failure
KW - Management
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84941195009&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1755-5922.12141
DO - 10.1111/1755-5922.12141
M3 - Article
C2 - 26108139
AN - SCOPUS:84941195009
VL - 33
SP - 300
EP - 315
JO - Cardiovascular Therapeutics
JF - Cardiovascular Therapeutics
SN - 1755-5914
IS - 5
ER -