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is There Any Evidence-based Medicine for the Very Old?

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Most Common Non-cardiac D<strong>is</strong>eases <strong>for</strong> Patients ><br />

65 years with CHF: An analys<strong>is</strong> of 122 630 subjects<br />

Hypertension<br />

Diabetes<br />

COPD<br />

Ocular d<strong>is</strong>orders<br />

Hypercholest.<br />

A<strong>the</strong>roscleros<strong>is</strong><br />

Arthrit<strong>is</strong><br />

COPD<br />

Thyroid d<strong>is</strong>orders<br />

Complicated HBP<br />

Alzheimer's<br />

Depression<br />

Renal failure<br />

9<br />

8<br />

7<br />

11<br />

14<br />

14<br />

26<br />

24<br />

21<br />

20<br />

19<br />

0 10 20 30 40 50 60<br />

% of patients<br />

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Braunstein et al., J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;42:1226

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