Clinical Characteristics and Social Frailty of Super-Elderly Patients With Heart Failure ― The Kitakawachi Clinical Background and Outcome of Heart Failure Registry
Background:Social background is important in preventing admission/readmission of heart failure (HF) patients. However, few clinical studies have been conducted to assess the social background of these patients, especially elderly patients.Methods and Results:The Kitakawachi Clinical Background and O...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Circulation Journal 2016/12/22, Vol.81(1), pp.69-76 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Background:Social background is important in preventing admission/readmission of heart failure (HF) patients. However, few clinical studies have been conducted to assess the social background of these patients, especially elderly patients.Methods and Results:The Kitakawachi Clinical Background and Outcome of Heart Failure (KICKOFF) Registry is a prospective multicenter community-based cohort of HF patients, established in April 2015. We compared the clinical characteristics and social background of the super-elderly group (≥85 years old) and the non-super-elderly group ( |
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ISSN: | 1346-9843 1347-4820 1347-4820 |
DOI: | 10.1253/circj.CJ-16-0914 |