Heart failure is a leading source of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the world. The disease is particlularly prevalent among older patients. The elderly population suffers a high disease burden associated with the distinctive pathophysiology and associated symptoms. There are several challenges ...
Most elderly patients, particularly women, who have heart failure have a normal ejection fraction. Patients who have this syndrome have severe symptoms of ... JH Barsuk,WG Cotts - 《老年心脏病学杂志(英文版)》 被引量: 2272发表: 2007年 Predictors of congestive heart failure in the elderly: ...
Orthostatic hypotension in elderly women with congestive heart failure. Aging (Milano). 2001;13(5):378–84.K. Potocka-Plazak and W. Plazak, "Orthostatic Hypoten- sion in Elderly Women with Congestive Heart Failure," Aging (Milano), Vol. 13, No. 5, 2001, pp. 378-84....
Track 15:Heart diseases in Women:Heart diseases in Women are the leading killer of women all around the world. However identifying the symptoms & treating them can save many lives. The major symptoms of Heart diseases in women are: Pain in either one or both arms ...
Home-based exercise improves functional performance and quality of life in women with diastolic heart failure Diastolic heart failure (DHF) is common in older women. There have been no clinical trials that have identified therapies to improve symptoms in these pati... RA Gary,CA Sueta,M Dougherty...
In the Cardiovascular Health Study, >80% of incident HF in older women was caused by HFpEF (1). Women with HFpEF have a higher burden of symptoms, worse quality-of-life, and lower VO2peak (∼20%-30% lower VO2peak) compared with men (20); however, percent predicted VO2peak ...
et al. Quality of life and depressive symptoms in the elderly: a comparison between patients with heart failure and age- and gender-matched community controls. J. Card. Fail. 15, 17–23 (2009). Article PubMed Google Scholar Mills, P. J. et al. Sleep and health-related quality of ...
The prognosis of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) is poor in both men and women. However, the characteristics of, and effective treatment strategy for, female CHF patients still remain unclear. This study was designed to evaluate the prognosis and characteristics of female patients in a...
Among patients with similar degrees of LV outflow obstruction and symptoms, women had higher indices of LV function and lower degrees of wall stress than men (7). Gender differences in the ventricular response to chronic systemic hypertension have also been identified 6, 12, 13. In a study ...
BNP indicates brain natriuretic peptide; CI, confidence interval; HF, heart failure; HR, hazard ratio. aP < .05 for interaction. bP < .10 for interaction. Baseline Characteristics in Trial of Intensified vs Standard Medical Therapy in Elderly Patients With Congestive Heart Failurea View Large...