Heart failure in the elderly

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-106

  Goodlin, Sarah J ^a,b  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b PC Heart Failure Educ/Res Trials   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Geriatric problems; Heart failure; Management

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CAPSAICIN; CARVEDILOL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DESIPRAMINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LIDOCAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE; OPIATE; OXYGEN; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; SALICYLIC ACID; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VASOPRESSIN;

AGED; AGING; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DIZZINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSARTHRIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FALLING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPERTENSION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SURVIVAL RATE; TINNITUS; UNITED STATES; WATER RETENTION;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; DRUG THERAPY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS;

EID: 12444283787     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.3.1.99     Document Type: Review

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