Are the elderly different?
Although risk factors such as previous stroke, PAD, diabetes, renal insufficiency, and anemia were predictors for death in all patients and patients< 75 years, in the elderly only arterial hypertension increased, whereas treatment with platelet inhibitors decreased mortality.
Subclinical hypothyroidism on admission was an independent predictor of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in ADHF patients, suggesting a possible interaction between thyroid dysfunction and the pathophysiology of ADHF.