Congestive heart failure and depression in older adults : clinical course and health services use 6 months after hospitalization. Psychosomatics 2003 ; 44 : 367-73.Fulop G, Strain JJ, Stettin G. Congestive heart fail- ure and depression in older adults: clinical course and health services use ...
There are two key clinical questions to be answered in any patient with documented congestive heart failure. First, what is the underlying etiology? Second, what exacerbating factors are present? The ECG, the echocardiogram, and chest x-ray films may provide important diagnostic clues. The mode ...
Congestive heart failure(CHF) occurs commonly in older adults and is characterized by a progressive decline in myocardial pumping ability (Rich 2005). The primary medications used to treat CHF are thedigitalis glycosidessuch asdigoxin(seeTable 12.4). These agents increase calcium entry into myocardial...
Congestive heart failure is one of the most common reasons for hospital admissions among those 65 years old and older, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To help reduce these admissions and the strain they put on the healthcare system, researchers at the University of ...
Heart failure affecting either the right or left sides of the heart. Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch tonew thesaurus Noun1.congestive heart failure- inability to pump enough blood...
Circulating Long-Chain {omega}-3 Fatty Acids and Incidence of Congestive Heart Failure in Older Adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study: A Cohort Study. Circulating long- chain omega-3 fatty acids and incidence of congestive heart failure in older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study: a cohort...
The condition affects nearly 7 million Americans. About 1 in 4 people will get diagnosed with it in their lifetime. Heart failure is the main reason why people older than 65 go to the hospital. An irregular heartbeat may be a symptom of heart failure. (Photo credit: E+/Getty Images) ...
The condition affects nearly 7 million Americans. About 1 in 4 people will get diagnosed with it in their lifetime. Heart failure is the main reason why people older than 65 go to the hospital. An irregular heartbeat may be a symptom of heart failure. (Photo credit: E+/Getty Images) ...
Living and dying with congestive failure: addressing the needs of oldercongestiveheartfailure patients. From theCambridge English Corpus Patient characteristics associated with care by a cardiologist among adults hospitalized with severecongestiveheartfailure. From theCambridge English Corpus Six of the 10 pa...
The prognosis of doxorubicin-induced congestive heart failure (CHF) is reported to be poor. To define the clinical course of doxorubicin-induced CHF, the authors reviewed their experience with 43 patients with this diagnosis. The median age of the total group was 55 years (range, 23–69); th...