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Heart Failure Controversies

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Cardiac Drug Therapy

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Abstract

The prevalence of heart failure (HF) rises from 2% to 3% at age 65 to more than 50% in persons older than age 80. Many of these patients have HFPEF. The condition is not uncommon in elderly women, most of whom have hypertension, diabetes mellitus, or both and often coronary heart disease (CHD). However, CHD more commonly causes systolic heart failure (SHF). Atrial fibrillation is common in the elderly, and ventricular rates even when not very rapid (120-140) may precipitate HF with a preserved ejection fraction (EF).

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(2007). Heart Failure Controversies. In: Cardiac Drug Therapy. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-238-0_13

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