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Cardiovascular Disease and Health in the Older Patient
Expanded from 'Pathy's Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine, Fifth Edition'
David J. Stott (Edited by), DJ Stott (Author), Gordon D. O. Lowe (Edited by)
9780470973721, Wiley
Hardback, published 7 December 2012
424 pages
25.2 x 18 x 2.5 cm, 0.798 kg
“Because it specifically addresses cardiovascular disease in the elderly this is a useful addition to the literature.” (Doody's, 9 August 2013)
As improvements in living conditions and advances in modern medicine lead to increased life expectancy and the number of older adults world-wide continues to grow, so the number of older individuals with cardiac and cerebrovascular disease is rising. Over eighty per cent of all cardiovascular disease-related deaths now occur in patients aged sixty five or older. The high prevalence of co-morbidities, frailty and cognitive decline amongst older patients requires that a holistic approach to the management of cardiovascular disease is required. Written and edited by leading experts in the field, ‘Cardiovascular diseases and health in the older patient’ provides scholarly evidence and data which explain why treating an older patient with cardiovascular disease is often different from treating a young or middle-aged patient with the same disease. The chapters have been updated and expanded from the cardiovascular section of the renowned ‘Pathy’s Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine’, edited by Alan J. Sinclair, John E. Morley and Bruno Vellas. The revised chapters contain updated evidence and references to recent clinical practice guidelines in Europe and North America, this book provides complete, authoritative information on this major cause of death, poor health and disability in old age. Covering the epidemiology, pathophysiology and management of cardiovascular disease in the older patient, the book is an excellent reference at all clinical and pre-clinical levels and will appeal particularly to geriatricians, cardiologists, and GPs, as well as cardiac specialist nurses and practice nurses. With a Foreword by Stuart M. Cobbe.
List of Contributors, vii Foreword, ix Introduction, xi 1 Epidemiology of Heart Disease, 1 2 Cardiac Ageing and Systemic Disorders, 29 3 Hypertension, 44 4 Lipid Management, 68 5 Arrhythmias, 90 6 Hypotension, 135 7 Ischaemic Heart Disease, 152 8 Heart Failure, 172 9 Cardiac Surgery, 202 10 Cardiac Rehabilitation, 234 11 Acute Stroke Care and Management of Carotid Artery Stenosis, 261 12 Stroke Rehabilitation, 299 13 Communication Disorders and Dysphagia, 329 14 Peripheral Arterial Disease, 345 15 Venous Thromboembolism, 366 16 Planning Cardiovascular Investigations and Management of Older People, 376 Index, 395
Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz
David J. Stott and Terence J. Quinn
Anthony S. Wierzbicki and Adie Viljoen
Adie Viljoen and Anthony S. Wierzbicki
Abhay Bajpai and A. John Camm
Suraj Alakkassery
Wilbert S. Aronow
Michael W. Rich
Ulrich O. von Oppell and Adam Szafranek
Niccol`o Marchionni, Francesco Fattirolli, Francesco Orso, Marco Baccini, Lucio A. Rinaldi and Giulio Masotti
David Doig and Martin M. Brown
Lalit Kalra
Pamela M. Enderby
Leocadio Rodr´ýguez-Ma ˜ nas, Marta Castro Rodr´ýguez and Cristina Alonso Bouz´on
Gordon D.O. Lowe
Jennifer K. Harrison, Terence J. Quinn and David J. Stott
Subject Areas: Other branches of medicine [MM]
