Prevalence and outcome of subclinical rheumatic heart disease in India: the RHEUMATIC (Rheumatic Heart Echo Utilisation and Monitoring Actuarial Trends in Indian Children) study.

Objective: To study the prevalence and medium term outcome of subclinical rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in India.

Design: Cross sectional echocardiographic screening study.

Setting: School children aged 5-15 years living in rural areas of north India.

Predictors of clinical outcomes in elderly patients with heart failure.

Aims: Heart failure (HF) in the elderly carries a poor prognosis. We used the SENIORS dataset of elderly HF patients aged ≥70 years in order to develop a risk model for this population.

Methods And Results: The SENIORS trial evaluated the effects of nebivolol and enrolled 2128 patients ≥70 years with HF (ejection fraction ≤35%, or recent HF admission).