Characteristics of acute heart failure in very elderly patients - EVE study (EAHFE very elderly).

Objectives: To determine the characteristics and prognostic factors of early death in the very elderly with acute heart failure (AHF).

Patients And Methods: We performed a prospective, observational study of AHF patients attended in Emergency Departments (ED), analyzing 45 variables collected in ED and studying troponin, natriuretic peptides and echocardiographies, not always available in the ED. The patients were divided into 2 groups: nonagenarian (age ≥ 90 years) and controls (age < 90 years).