Deployment of guideline-based therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: A word of caution for older patients

Affiliations

• ¹ Section of Geriatrics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza, Molinette, Corso Bramante 88, 10126 Turin, Italy; on behalf of the Italian Society of Geriatric Cardiology, (Società Italiana di Cardiologia Geriatrica - SICGe), via Matteotti 7, 50121 Florence, Italy.
• ² Section of Geriatrics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza, Molinette, Corso Bramante 88, 10126 Turin, Italy; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134 Florence, Italy. Electronic address: enrico.brunetti@unito.it.
• ³ Section of Geriatrics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza, Molinette, Corso Bramante 88, 10126 Turin, Italy.
• ⁴ on behalf of the Italian Society of Geriatric Cardiology, (Società Italiana di Cardiologia Geriatrica - SICGe), via Matteotti 7, 50121 Florence, Italy; University of Florence, Head, Division of General Cardiology, Cardiothoracovascular Department, A.O.U. Careggi, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134 Florence, Italy.