title: [Chronic heart failure in the elderly patient].
abstract: The prevalence and incidence of heart failure (HF) is increasing, especially in the elderly population, and is becoming a major geriatric problem. Elderly patients with HF usually show etiopathogenic, epidemiological, and even clinical characteristics significantly different from those present in younger patients. Their treatment, however, derives from clinical trials performed with only a few elderly subjects. Moreover, beyond the cardiovascular disease itself, it is essential to evaluate the patient as a whole, given the interrelationship between HF and the characteristic geriatric syndromes of the elderly patient. This review examines the peculiarities in the most prevalent "real world" HF patient.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Programa de Geriatría, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: dchivite@bellvitgehospital.cat.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chivite
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Programa de Geriatría, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Jhonatan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Programa de Geriatría, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Francesc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Formiga
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D013318:Stroke Volume
keywords: Anciano; Elderly; Heart failure; Insuficiencia cardíaca