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- Title
Prevalence of left ventricular dysfunction in a UK community sample of very old people: the Newcastle 85+ study.
- Authors
Yousaf, Fahad; Collerton, Joanna; Kingston, Andrew; Kenny, Antoinette; Davies, Karen; Jagger, Carol; Robinson, Louise; Kirkwood, Thomas B L; Keavney, Bernard
- Abstract
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 estimate the prevalence of LV systolic and diastolic dysfunction in 87-89 year olds and the proportion remaining undiagnosed.
- Publication
Heart (British Cardiac Society), 2012, Vol 98, Issue 19, p1418
- ISSN
1468-201X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302457