Interventional cardiology in the elderly. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Harald Rittger, editor.
• Editors: Rittger, Harald
• Contents: Epidemiology of coronary heart disease in the elderly -- Pathophysiology of the aging heart and its impact on interventions -- The role of geriatric preconditions (frailty and disability) in elderly patients and its possible impact on interventions -- Comorbid burden and its impact on outcome -- Coronary interventions in stable coronary heart disease -- PCI in elderly patients with ACS -- CABG versus PCI in elderly patients -- Non-coronary interventions in the elderly -- Pulmonary hypertension in the elderly : impact of age on diagnosis and therapy options -- Antiplatelet therapy in elderly patients -- Ethical aspects of interventional cardiology in geriatric patients.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 617.4/12; Medicine; Older people; Coronary heart disease -- Surgery; Heart -- Diseases -- Treatment; MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General; Coronary heart disease -- Surgery; Heart -- Diseases -- Treatment; Older people; Cardiovascular Diseases; Medicine; Health & Biological Sciences; Cardiovascular Diseases -- therapy; Medicine & Public Health; Cardiology; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Interventional Radiology; Cardiac Surgery; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Medical -- Radiology & Nuclear Medicine; Medical -- Surgery -- Thoracic; Medical -- Geriatrics; Surgical techniques; Radiology; Cardiothoracic surgery; Geriatric medicine; Cardiology; Endoscopic surgery; Interventional radiology; Heart -- Surgery; Geriatrics; Medical -- Cardiology; Cardiovascular medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319211428; 3319211420
• Related ISBNs: 9783319211411; 3319211412; 9783319211411
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 19, 2015).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.