Chinese expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure in elderly patients (2021). Issue 2 (10th June 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Xiaoming; Zhang, Cuntai
• Other Names: Xiaoying Li investigator.; Jianye Wang investigator.; Pulin Yu investigator.; Huashan Hong investigator.; Lin Shen investigator.; Hui Su investigator.; Ling Tu investigator.; Song Bai investigator.; Jian Cao investigator.; Long Chen investigator.; Xujiao Chen investigator.; Biao Cheng investigator.; Hongliang Cong investigator.; Jin Fan investigator.; Ningyuan Fang investigator.; Haiqing Gao investigator.; Xuewen Gao investigator.; Yifang Guo investigator.; Lulu Han investigator.; Feng Huang investigator.; Gairong Huang investigator.; Yan Li investigator.; Jiangjiu Liang investigator.; Zhanyi Lin investigator.; Deping Liu investigator.; Quan Liu investigator.; Yongming Liu investigator.; Ze Liu investigator.; Zhijun Liu investigator.; Xiang Lu investigator.; Yongjun Mao investigator.; Xiaoxuan Ning investigator.; Baiqing Ou investigator.; Guoxian Qi investigator.; Chengdong Qiao investigator.; Wei Qiao investigator.; Mingzhao Qin investigator.; Kailei Shi investigator.; Xianming Su investigator.; Yang Sun investigator.; Jun Tao investigator.; Tao Tian investigator.; Wen Tian investigator.; Chaohui Wang investigator.; Wenhong investigator.; Zhenli Wu investigator.; Jinhui Wu investigator.; Zhiyong Wu investigator.; Kun Xing investigator.; Lin Xu investigator.; Di Xu investigator.; Li Yang investigator.; Ruiying Yang investigator.; Yunmei Yang investigator.; Zhiyu Zeng investigator.; Guogang Zhang investigator.; Xiangyu Zhang investigator.; Yingxin Zhao investigator.; Xiaohui Zhou investigator.; Pengli Zhu investigator.; Xin Zhuge investigator.; Xiyao Chen investigator.; Liming Hou investigator.;
• Is Part Of: Aging medicine. Volume 5:Issue 2(2022)
• Page Start: 78
• Page End: 93
• Publication Date: 2022-06-10
• Subjects: Chinese experts consensus -- chronic heart failure -- elderly; Geriatrics -- Periodicals; Geriatrics -- China -- Periodicals; Older people -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 618.97
• DOI: 10.1002/agm2.12215
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2475-0360

Abstract

Abstract: Heart failure is a clinical syndrome caused by ventricular insufficiency, which results in decreased activity tolerance and repeated hospitalization, seriously affecting quality of life, and it is the main cause of death in elderly people. In recent years, great progress has been made in the treatment of heart failure, but the prevalence, mortality, and readmission rate among elderly patients with heart failure remain high. Because elderly patients have multiple cardiovascular disease risk factors, coexistence of multiple diseases accompanied by multiple syndromes, multiple medications, and natural decline of body functions, the clinical diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and long‐term management of these patients differ from those in other populations. To facilitate clinical practice and application of clinical geriatric medicine, especially among community physicians, experts from the Cardiovascular Group, Geriatrics Branch of the Chinese Medical Association have drafted this consensus to summarize the diagnosis and treatment regimens for elderly patients with chronic heart failure and provide guidance for its clinical diagnosis and treatment in China. Abstract : Heart failure results in decreased activity tolerance and repeated hospitalization, seriously affecting quality and mortality of elderly people. Due to the lack of atypical clinical manifestations and characterized symptoms, and accompanied by the coexistence of multiple diseases and geriatric syndromes, comprehensive geriatric assessment should be emphasized and integrated into the diagnosis and identification of elderly heart failure. To facilitate clinical practice and improve general management of the elderly, we drafted this consensus to summarize the diagnosis and treatment regimens for elderly patients with chronic heart failure and provide guidance for its clinical diagnosis and treatment in China.