Management of elderly patients with congestive heart failure—Design of the Trial of Intensified versus standard Medical therapy in Elderly patients with Congestive Heart Failure (TIME-CHF)

Little is known about the management of elderly patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) although they represent the majority of the CHF population. Therefore, the TIME-CHF study was set up (1) to evaluate the medical management of very old patients (≥75 years) with CHF compared with younger pat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American heart journal 2006-05, Vol.151 (5), p.949-955
Hauptverfasser:	Brunner–La Rocca, Hans Peter, Buser, Peter Theo, Schindler, Ruth, Bernheim, Alain, Rickenbacher, Peter, Pfisterer, Matthias
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute coronary syndromes Age Aged Aged, 80 and over Angina pectoris Biological and medical sciences Cancer Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiovascular Agents - administration & dosage Cardiovascular Agents - therapeutic use Cardiovascular disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Clinical trials Coronary vessels Costs Diastole Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Drug therapy Female Heart Heart attacks Heart failure Heart Failure - blood Heart Failure - complications Heart Failure - drug therapy Heart Failure - physiopathology Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement Hospitalization Hospitals Humans Hypertension Male Medical prognosis Medical sciences Middle Aged Mortality Natriuretic Peptide, Brain - blood Peptide Fragments - blood Preventive medicine Quality of Life Research Design Single-Blind Method Stroke Volume Survival Analysis Systole Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - etiology Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology
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