Prevalence of left ventricular dysfunction in a UK community sample of very old people: the Newcastle 85+ study

OBJECTIVE: Heart failure (HF) prevalence rises sharply among those aged 85 years and over. Previous population based echocardiographic studies of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, the substrate for HF, have included only small numbers in this age group. We used domiciliary echocardiography to estim...

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Main Authors: Yousaf, Fahad, Collerton, Joanna, Kingston, Andrew, Kenny, Antoinette, Davies, Karen, Jagger, Carol, Robinson, Louise, Kirkwood, Thomas B L, Keavney, Bernard
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Group 2012
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Heart Failure
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3437786/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22859497
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302457
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