Cardiac amyloidosis is by far the most frequent secondary form and leads to congestive heart failure by impairing ventricular compliance. Idiopathic fibrosis of the specialized AV junction or dystrophic calcification of central fibrous body are the usual substrates of AV block, which requires pace-maker...
and nitroglycerin does not differ for the elderly patient. The elderly derive the same survival benefits as younger adults do with aspirin and β-blockers post-infarction, although the survival benefit associated with ACE-I post-infarction in the very elderly is less clear. There is ...
Further diagnostic tests will be needed in order to rule out other conditions or comorbidities such as parenchymal lung disease, COPD, gastro-oesophageal reflux, sleep apnoea or congestive heart failure (Table 2). Assessment of inhalant sensitisation has been shown to be useful in aged patients to...
conclude that the addition of enalapril to conventional therapy in patients with severe congestive heart failure can reduce mortality and improve symptoms. The beneficial effect on mortality is due to a reduction in death from the progression of heart failure. (N Engl J Med 1987; 316:1429–35....
Other diseases were: congestive heart failure, 134 (43%); COPD, 66 (21.3%); can- cer, 39 (12.6%); alcohol abuse, 36 (11.6%); liver cirrhosis, 14 (4.5%); renal failure, 144 patients (46.5%); and dementia in 39 (12.5%). The most frequent infections at admission were pneumonia, ...
All diabetic patients were treated with various sulfonylureas at medium doses and presented renal and liver biochemical function tests within normal ranges and were free of severe macroangiopathy and respiratory or congestive heart failure. Metformin treatment was added to the previous sulfonylurea dos...
(defined as wheezing accompanied by chest tightness or shortness of breath in the previous year) were each estimated to be present in 4% of non-smoking elderly participants without congestive heart failure [21,38–41]. In this study, estimates of the prevalence of current and “probable” ...
Further diagnostic tests will be needed in order to rule out other conditions or comorbidities such as parenchymal lung disease, COPD, gastro-oesophageal reflux, sleep apnoea or congestive heart failure (Table 2). Assessment of inhalant sensitisation has been shown to be useful in aged patients to...