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Clinical Features, Treatment Practices, and Hospital and Long-Term Outcomes of Older Patients Hospitalized with Decompensated Heart Failure: The Worcester Heart Failure Study
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 08/17/09

Saczynski JS et al. – The results of this community–wide study suggest that clinical, treatment, and prognostic factors differ according to age in patients hospitalized for decompensated HF. These high–risk patients warrant special attention in future studies to improve their management and long–term survival.

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