TY  - JOUR
TI  - The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, risk factors, and cardiovascular drug therapy in very elderly Turkish patients admitted to cardiology clinics: A subgroup analysis of the ELDER-TURK study
AB  - Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the baseline clinical characteristics and the cardiovascular drug usage of patients aged ≥80 years who were admitted to cardiology clinics and to compare the cardiovascular diseaseand risk factors with patients aged 65-79 years who participated in the Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease inElderly Turkish Population (ELDER-TURK) study.Methods: The ELDER-TURK study included 5694 patientsaged over 65 years who were followed up at cardiology clinics between March 2015 and December 2015. The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and the risk factors of 1098patients aged ≥80 years (Group II) were compared with 4596patients aged 65–79 years (Group I).Results: The mean age of Group I was 71.1±4.31 years(male: 50.2%) and the mean age of Group II was 83.5±3.12years (male: 47.5%). The prevalence rate was 71.3% forhypertension, 24.6% for diabetes mellitus (DM), 44.7% forcoronary artery disease (CAD), 35.9% for atrial fibrillation(AF), and 15.5% for renal failure. A statistical difference inthe prevalence of comorbid conditions and cardiovasculardisease risk factors, such as DM, CAD, renal failure, andAF was seen in the very elderly group (p<0.001, p=0.002,p<0.001, p<0.001, respectively). In all, 28.7% of the very elderly were using a beta-blocker, 10.1% an angiotensin system inhibitor, 28.4% an angiotensin receptor blocker, and32.7% a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist.Conclusion: Valuable data about the prevalence of cardiovascular and comorbid diseases and medication usageamong Turkey`s very elderly patients who were admitted tocardiology clinics was gathered and analyzed.
AU  - ÖZYÜNCÜ, Nil
AU  - ZOGHİ, Mehdi
AU  - gok, gulay
AU  - Sinan, Umit Yasar
DO  - 10.5543/tkda.2018.49579
PY  - 2018
JO  - Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi
VL  - 46
IS  - 4
SN  - 1016-5169
SP  - 283
EP  - 295
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/352936
ER  -