The place of beta-adrenoreceptor-blocking drugs in the treatment of congestive heart failure in elderly people: review of current opinion
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The clinical syndrome of heart failure affects more than 1% of the population, and its prevalence increases steeply with advancing age, especially after 75, where it reaches approximately 10%. It is one of the commonest reasons for the admission of elderly people to hospital.Despite recent advances in treatment of heart failure with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, which were proven to provide survival benefit, the rates of morbidity and mortality from heart failure remain high, and new therapeutic strategie s are needed.
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