title: [Cardiac insufficiency: therapeutic aspects in the elderly person].
abstract: Heart failure is at the same time a muscular and a neurohormonal disease. This explains the current therapeutic choices: in particular digitalis, ACE inhibitors, spironolactone and in certain patients even beta-blocking agents. Two different types of heart failure are distinguished today: systolic failure with pump failure and diastolic failure with deranged ventricular filling. In the elderly, the two entities occur either together or individually. A precise and early diagnosis is important for an appropriate treatment to be instituted as early as possible, even in the case of asymptomatic or subclinical heart failure.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Perrenoud
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000368:Aged; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003971:Diastole / Q000502:physiology; D004071:Digitalis Glycosides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009566:Nitrates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013599:Systole / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents; D004071:Digitalis Glycosides; D004232:Diuretics; D009566:Nitrates
vernacular_title: Insuffisance cardiaque: particularités thérapeutiques chez la personne âgée.