1. Introduction: Chronic Heart Failure in Older Persons

   • Edward G. Lakatta

   Introduction Pages: 5 - 8

2. The Burden of Chronic Congestive Heart Failure in Older Persons: Magnitude and Implications for Policy and Research

   • Frederick A. Masoudi
   • Edward P. Havranek
   • Harlan M. Krumholz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 16

3. Diastolic Heart Failure in the Elderly

   • Dalane W. Kitzman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 27

4. Age-associated Cardiovascular Changes in Health: Impact on Cardiovascular Disease in Older Persons

   • Edward G. Lakatta

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 49

5. Age-related Changes in Venticular–Arterial Coupling: Pathophysiologic Implications

   • David A. Kass

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 62

6. Acute and Chronic Adaptation to Hemodynamic Overload and Ischemia in the Aged Heart

   • Shogen Isoyama
   • Yuko Nitta-Komatsubara

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 69

7. Studies of Prevention, Treatment and Mechanisms of Heart Failure in the Aging Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat

   • Oscar H. L. Bing
   • Chester H. Conrad
   • Wesley W. Brooks

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 88

8. Management of Heart Failure in the Elderly

   • Michael W. Rich

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 97

9. Can Exercise Conditioning be Effective in Older Heart Failure Patients?

   • Jerome L. Fleg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 103