Age differences in contemporary treatment of patients with chronic heart failure and reduced ejection fraction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Elderly patients are underrepresented in clinical trials but comprise the majority of heart failure patients. Data on age-specific use of heart failure therapy are limited. The European Society of Cardiology heart failure guidelines provide no age-specific treatment recommendations. We investigated practice-based heart failure management in a large registry at heart failure outpatient clinics.

Design and methods

We studied 8351 heart failure with reduced ejection fraction patients at 34 Dutch outpatient clinics between 2013 and 2016. The mean age was 72.3 ± 11.8 years and we divided age into three categories: less than 60 years (13.9%); 60-74 years (36.0%); and 75 years and over (50.2%).

Results

Elderly heart failure with reduced ejection fraction patients

SUBMITTER: Veenis JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6696738 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature