[Treatment of cardiac insufficiency in the elderly].
The structural changes of the elderly's heart predispose to cardiac insufficiency. Treatment has to take into account the pharmacological aspects of aging which reduce drug tolerance. Success will be usually obtained after reducing preload in this type of diastolic heart failure.
Renard
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Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles.
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002216:Captopril / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004039:Diet, Sodium-Restricted; D004071:Digitalis Glycosides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D004071:Digitalis Glycosides; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D002216:Captopril
Traitement de l'insuffisance cardiaque du sujet âgé.