Underestimated Prevalence of Chronic Heart Failure among the Elderly Residing in Care Homes in Aruba

OBJECTIVE: Diagnosing chronic heart failure (CHF) is important, since subsequent treatments by medication and cardiac intervention improve quality of life. However, accurate CHF diagnosis in the elderly residing in care homes (residents) is hampered by suboptimal diagnostic tools, co-morbidity and p...

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Published in:West Indian Med J
Main Authors: Stoutjesdijk, E, Barents, M, Brouns, RM, DeJongste, MJL, Besselink, HJ, Cheng, JD, Wever, R, Muskiet, FAJ
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: University of the West Indies 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4663968/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25803376
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7727/wimj.2013.277
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