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Gender and age related differences in patients hospitalized for acutely decompensated heart failure: single centre results

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Goal: To provide a real-life single centre overview of hospitalized patients with acutely decompensated heart failure (ADHF), evaluating differences and similarities according to age and gender, analyzing the clinical profile, management and outcome. Patients and Methods:The study population consisted of the patients (1,820), enrolled in Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, from June 2006 to June 2012.Differences were assessed in men and women according to four age groups (I.<64, II.65-74, III.75-84, IV. 85 years).Results: In all patient groups there were 51% women.The mean age of all groups was 75.1±10.1 years.The age of patients that were released alive was 74.7±10.1.44% of the patients were 75-84 years old, 14 % <64 years old, while 16% were 85 years old.In all patient groups there were 71% of women in the group 85 years old, while 75% of men in the group <64 years old.80% of men (I.) and 70% of women (IV.) had coronary heart disease.72% of men (I.) and 76% of women (IV.) had treated hypertension.71% of men

Source: Cardiologia Croatica

DOI: 10.15836/ccar.2014.228