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Older heart failure patients less likely to receive recommended treatments

July 1, 2021

Heart failure patients aged 80 and above are less likely to receive recommended therapies and dosages compared to their younger counterparts, according to research presented today at Heart Failure 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

The study investigated the prescription of evidence-based therapy in patients with heart failure according to three age categories: under 70, 70 to 79, and 80 years or older. The analysis was limited to heart failure with reduced ejection fraction since it is the only subtype with treatments proven to benefit prognosis. The researchers used data from the nationwide Swedish Heart Failure Registry linked with other national registries in 2000 to 2018.

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