Differential characteristics of acute heart failure in very elderly patients: the prospective RICA study.

Introduction: Acute heart failure (AHF) is a frequent epidemic in geriatrics. The main aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and prognostic differences of very elderly patients with AHF compared to the rest, and evaluate the factors associated with 90-day mortality.

Methods: We analyzed 3828 patients hospitalized for AHF with an age of ≥ 70 years.