Lower vitamin D levels and higher C-reactive protein levels are associated with poor aerobic capacity and greater frailty in elderly patients with heart failure, according to findings published in the March issue of the Journal of the American Geriatric Society. Reuters Health Information
Statins reduced all-cause mortality in elderly patients with documented coronary heart disease, and the magnitude of this effect was substantially larger than had been previously estimated. Medscape Medical News
Presented with hypothetical treatment choices, many HF patients would sacrifice some days alive to feel better in the meantime; surprisingly, perhaps, a lot of those patients are only in the early stages of their disease. Heartwire
