Cardiac management in the frail elderly patient and the oldest old. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrea Ungar, Niccolò Marchionni, editors.
• Editors: Ungar, Andrea; Marchionni, Niccolò
• Contents: 1 Introduction. The specificity of geriatric cardiology -- 2 Epidemiology of heart disease in the elderly -- 3 Molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular aging -- 4 Frailty and heart disease -- 5 Evidence based medicine and evidence biased medicine in geriatric cardiology. From the trial to the real word -- 6 Polypharmacy -- 7 Syncope and Unexplained Falls in the elderly.- 8 Hypertension in the oldest old, beyond the guidelines.- 9 New challenges in aortic stenosis in the elderly: from epidemiology to TAVI.- 10 The aging kidney and cardiovascular disease -- 11 Risk assessment in cardiac and non-cardiac surgery in the older patient -- 12 Atrial fibrillation in the elderly -- 13 Cardiac devices in the elderly -- 14 Management of acute coronary syndromes in the elderly -- 15 Cardiac surgery in the oldest old.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.12; Heart -- Diseases -- Patients; Coronary heart disease -- Patients; Older people -- Health and hygiene; MEDICAL -- Cardiology; MEDICAL -- Geriatrics; Coronary heart disease -- Patients; Heart -- Diseases -- Patients; Older people -- Health and hygiene; Medicine & Public Health; Cardiology; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Nephrology; Cardiac Surgery; Cardiovascular Diseases -- therapy; Aged, 80 and over; Frail Elderly; Aged; Humans; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319434681; 3319434683
• Related ISBNs: 9783319434667; 3319434667
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 17, 2017).
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