Elderly primary care hypertension patients–who to refer for echocardiography?
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Elderly primary care hypertension patients–who to refer for echocardiography?
Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome resulting from impaired diastolic and/or systolic function and clinically manifested by numerous, rather unspecific symptoms such as dyspnoea (at rest or exertion), orthopnoea, wheezing, chronic fatigue and lower extremity oedema. The prevalence of HF increases steeply with age, causing high mortality and morbidity , substantial loss in quality ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Netherlands Heart Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1568-5888,1876-6250
DOI: 10.1007/s12471-014-0550-z