Heart failure is common in the elderly and is associated with high rates of hospitalisation, readmission and mortality. International guidelines however are not frequently implemented in this population.We retrospectively studied the clinical profile, investigations, treatment on discharge, length of hospital stay, readmission rate and mortality in 261 patients, aged ≥75 years, with a discharge diagnosis of heart failure. Clinical frailty was estimated using the Canadian Study of Health and Aging clinical frailty scale.Hypertension (64
作者：Kishan R, Parmar；Philip Y, Xiu；Muhibbur R, Chowdhury；Ekta, Patel；Maurice, Cohen
来源：Open heart 2015 年 2卷 1期
