Recent advances in cardiovascular diseases in the elderly

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Recent advances in cardiovascular diseases in the elderly

edited by Yasunaru Kawashima, Teruo Omae, Edward G. Lakatta

Churchill Livingstone, 1996

Other Title

Cardiovascular diseases in the elderly

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Description and Table of Contents

Description

Presents an overview of the changes and recent advances in cardiovascular diseases in the eldery. The text includes discussion of the following topics: cardiovascular surgery for eldery patients with ischaemic heart disease; effects of interventional therapy; and resuscitation in the elderly.

Table of Contents

  • Cardiovascular changes with advancing age in healthy humans
  • clinical and pathological characteristics of congestive heart failure in the eldery
  • cardiovascular surgery for elderly patients with ischaemic heart disease
  • effects of interventional therapy on the outcome of acute myocardial infarction in the elderly - a multicentre collaborative study in Japan
  • cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the elderly - beneficial or detrimental?
  • bradycardia-induced atrial and ventricular fibrillation in elderly patients
  • valve surgery in the elderly
  • short- and long-term benefits from treatment of dyslipidemia
  • risk factors of cardiocerebrovascular diseases in elderly diabetic patients - challenge for cholestrol-lowering therapy
  • treating the elderly hypertensive patient
  • treatment of hypertension in the elderly in Japan
  • cerebrovascular disease in the elderly - precursors and prevention
  • changes in stroke incidence, mortality and risk factors - the Hisayama study.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA3192534X
  • ISBN
    • 4893701428
  • Country Code
    ja
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Tokyo
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 215 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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