Management and 1 year outcome of oldest-old hospitalized heart failure patients: a subacute geriatric hospital survey.

Background: Guidelines are frequently under-implement in older patients with heart failure. Octogenerians are often excluded from clinical trials.

Objectives: To characterize the clinical profile of the oldest-old (age > or =80 years) heart failure patients hospitalized in a subacute geriatric hospital and to evaluate their management and 1 year outcome.