1Opening Speech at the 5th Great Wall International Forum on Geriatric CardiologyShiwen WANG194-1952Multifactor heart failure in the elderly: a proposal for cooperative researchShiwen WANG197-1983Prognostic factors in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure syndromeLiviu Klein, John B. O'Connell199-2094Diastolic heart failure in the elderlyJeffrey H. Barsuk, William G. Cotts210-2215Non-transplant surgical alternatives for heart failureRobroy H. MacIver, Edwin C. McGee222-2266Quality of life in elderly heart failure patientsKathleen L. Grady, Kathleen Halvey227-2367Highlights of the physical examination in heart failureSandesh Dev237-2418Thyroxine treatment for elderly patients with heart failure and sick euthyroid syndromeYi ZHU, Ling GONG, Kailei SHI, Jin LI, Zhaohui QIU, Wenliang LU, Yu ZHANG, Jianying YANG242-2459Heart failure in the elderly: a U.S. PerspectiveMichael W. Rich246-24710Cardiac resynchronization therapy in ChinaWei HUA248-24911Radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial tachycardias related to myocardial scar or incisionJianqiang HU, Jiang CAO, Shengqiang WANG, Yongwen QIN, Bingyan ZHOU250-25312PRICE-Ⅳ symposium: Electrophysiology and heart rhythm disorders in the elderly254-256