Cardiovascular disease in the elderly

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A panel of clinicians, researchers, and leaders in the field review and discuss the latest findings on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of cardiovascular disease in the older patient. The authors explain the physiological changes associated with the normal aging process that may lead t...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gerstenblith, Gary
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, ©2005.
Totowa, N.J. : [2005]
Series:Contemporary cardiology (Totowa, N.J.)
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 418 pages) : illustrations.
Subjects:
Geriatric cardiology.
Older people.
Online Access:SpringerLink - Click here for access
Contents:
  • Aging of the heart and arteries : relevance to cardiovascular disease / Samer S. Najjar and Edward G. Lakatta
  • Frailty : keystone in the bridge between geriatrics and cardiology / William Russell Hazzard
  • Cardiovascular risk factors in the elderly : evaluation and intervention / Susan J. Zieman and Beth R. Malasky
  • Stable coronary artery disease in the elderly / Beth R. Malasky and Joseph S. Alpert
  • Age and mortality and morbidity in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction / Steven P. Schulman and Gary Gerstenblith
  • Unstable angina/non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction in the elderly / Stephen D. Wiviott and Christopher P. Cannon
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention in the elderly / Michael J. McWilliams and Eric J. Topol
  • Cardiac surgery in the elderly / David D. Yuh and William A. Baumgartner
  • Heart failure in the elderly / Michael W. Rich
  • Valvular heart disease in the elderly / Milind Y. Desai and Gary Gerstenblith
  • Arrhythmia management in the elderly / Jonathan P. Piccini and Hugh Calkins
  • Peripheral arterial disease in the elderly / Emile R. Mohler III and William R. Hiatt
  • Cardiac rehabilitation in older cardiac patients / Philip A. Ades
  • Clinical pharmacology / Janice B. Schwartz
  • Medical treatment of the cardiac patient approaching the end of life / Lofty L. Basta, W. Daniel Doty, and Michael D.D. Geldart.

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