Lower Prescription Rates in Centenarians with Heart Failure and Heart Failure and Kidney Disease Combined: Findings from a Longitudinal Cohort Study of Very Old Patients

Background Centenarians are considered as models of successful aging and represent a special group of patients. The aim of this study was to analyze heart failure epidemiology and treatment trajectories in centenarians compared to nonagenarians (90–99 years of age) and octogenarians (80–89 years of age) with heart failure and with heart failure and kidney disease combined.