Full Description
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 to the development of disease, to adverse consequences once disease develops, and which alter the risk-benefit equation for medical and other interventions designed to diagnose, assess, and treat cardiovascular disease. The focus is on particularly common syndromes in the elderly, including cardiac failure with normal ejection fraction, isolated systolic hypertension, and atrial fibrillation. Wherever possible, the authors take an evidence-based approach to recommendations and rely heavily on prospective clinical trials.
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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