Medical treatment of octogenarians with chronic heart failure: data from CHECK-HF
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Medical treatment of octogenarians with chronic heart failure: data from CHECK‑HF Gerard C. M. Linssen1 · Jesse F. Veenis2 · Alexandra Kleberger1 · Marcel J. W. Grosfeld3 · Eric P. Viergever4 · Bas M. van Dalen5 · Wendy de Valk‑Bedijn6 · Jorina Langerveld7 · Hans‑Peter Brunner‑La Rocca8 · Arno W. Hoes9 · Jasper J. Brugts2 · for the CHECK-HF investigators Received: 4 November 2019 / Accepted: 20 January 2020 © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Background Elderly heart failure (HF) patients are underrepresented in clinical trials, though are a large proportion of patients in real-world practice. We investigated practice-based, secondary care HF management in a large group of chronic HF patients aged ≥ 80 years (octogenarians). Methods We analyzed electronic health records of 3490 octogenarians with chronic HF at 34 Dutch outpatient clinics in the period between 2013 and 2016 , 49% women. Study patients were divided into HFpEF [LVEF ≥ 50%; n = 911 (26.1%)], HFrEF [LVEF
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