Interventional therapies for heart failure in the elderly Journal Article
| Authors: | Naidu, S. S.; Wong, S. C.; Steingart, R. M. |
| Article Title: | Interventional therapies for heart failure in the elderly |
| Abstract: | The aging of a population replete with risk factors for heart failure (HF) (coronary heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension) coupled with a declining age-adjusted mortality rate for coronary artery and hypertensive heart diseases has created, and will continue to create, a literal explosion in the prevalence of HF in the United States. Despite advances in maximal medical therapy, however, most patients who have symptomatic HF can expect functional impairment, interludes of worsening symptomatology, and a shortened lifespan. This article updates the use of interventional therapies for the treatment of elderly patients who have HF caused by coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, congential heart disease, myocardial disease, and renal vascular disease. |
| Keywords: | long-term survival; coronary-artery-disease; dysfunction; hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy; balloon aortic valvuloplasty; septal reduction therapy; left-ventricular; ischemic mitral regurgitation; percutaneous transcatheter implantation; trans-luminal valvuloplasty; valve-replacement |
| Journal Title: | Clinics in Geriatric Medicine |
| Volume: | 23 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| ISSN: | 0749-0690 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. |
| Date Published: | 2007-02-01 |
| Start Page: | 155 |
| End Page: | 178 |
| Language: | English |
| ACCESSION: | WOS:000243049800010 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cger.2006.09.003 |
| PROVIDER: | wos |
| Notes: | --- - Article - "Source: Wos" |
