Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly

As the number, availability, and often the invasiveness and associated risks of new cardiovascular treatments expands, health care providers are increasingly called upon to decide whether or not to recommend these therapies to the increasing numbers of older patients with cardiovascular disease. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gerstenblith, Gary (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2005.
Series:Contemporary Cardiology
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Aging of the Heart and Arteries
  • Frailty
  • Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Elderly
  • Stable Coronary Artery Disease in the Elderly
  • Age and Mortality and Morbidity in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
  • Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the Elderly
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the Elderly
  • Cardiac Surgery in the Elderly
  • Heart Failure in the Elderly
  • Valvular Heart Disease in the Elderly
  • Arrhythmia Management in the Elderly
  • Peripheral Arterial Disease in the Elderly
  • Cardiac Rehabilitation in Older Cardiac Patients
  • Clinical Pharmacology
  • Medical Treatment of the Cardiac Patient Approaching the End of Life.