title: Management of heart failure in the elderly.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Heart failure is a major chronic illness with no definitive cure. With improving healthcare and with an aging population in many countries, heart failure has become a common disease of the elderly. Pharmacological management of heart failure in the elderly remains a challenge. The syndrome of heart failure cannot be isolated from other comorbidities, which are very common in this population. The purpose of this review is to assist practicing clinicians to more effectively make decisions about management of heart failure in the elderly.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this review, we will try to integrate recent research studies, recent guidelines, and new treatment modalities, and discuss some controversies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In general, the elderly patient with heart failure should be treated according to current heart failure guidelines; however, untailored heart failure management may cause untoward effects in this age group and may worsen clinical outcome.
authors.affiliation: aDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute bDivision of Cardiology, Royal Alexandra Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Faisal
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alghamdi
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D002908:Chronic Disease; D019468:Disease Management; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic