The characteristics of heart failure in the elderly at the Department of cardiology of Thanh Nhan Hospital, Ha Noi
- Author:
To Van Hai
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Heart failure
- MeSH:
Heart Failure, Congestive;
Aged;
Heart Diseases
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2003;442(2):48-51
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The characteristics of heart failure in the elderly were studied on 100 patients over 50 years old treated at Thanh Nhan Hospital in 2001. Heart failure is a common condition occurs in the elderly, it increases progressively with the age, it is more common in female than in male subjects. Patients are hospitalized in all months of the year but the patients are most numerous in March, April and May. The most common causes of heart failure are the value diseases, hypertension and ischemic heart diseases. Paraclinic changes dramatically are electrocardiogram, large heart X-ray radiograph, high level of creatimine urea high level of blood cholesterol, triglycerides and blood glucose. A part from classic medications such as diuretics and digoxine, most cases needed conversed enzyme inhibitors, some cases needed beta blocking agents with limited efficacy on young subjects with heart failure
