By Bill Hendrick
April 5, 2011 -- Death rates after hospitalization for patients 80 and older with heart failure have dropped significantly in the past decade, but readmissions for the disorder -- common among the elderly -- are frequent, a new study shows.
Heart failure is one of the most common reasons older patients are readmitted to hospitals. This is not likely to change in coming years, in part because people 80 and older make up the fastest growing segment of the older population.
Researchers studied 21,397 U.S. veterans aged 80 and older who had been hospitalized at least once for heart failure from 1999 through 2008.
Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
Heart failure is one of the most common reasons older patients are readmitted to hospitals. This is not likely to change in coming years, in part because people 80 and older make up the fastest growing segment of the older population.
Researchers studied 21,397 U.S. veterans aged 80 and older who had been hospitalized at least once for heart failure from 1999 through 2008.
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