Cardiovascular disease and health in the older patient : expanded from 'Pathy's principles and practice of geriatric medicine, fifth edition'
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Cardiovascular disease and health in the older patient : expanded from 'Pathy's principles and practice of geriatric medicine, fifth edition'
Wiley-Blackwell, 2013
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Pathy's principles and practice of geriatric medicine
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"A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., publication"
"This book is based on the chapters in the section on cardiovascular diseases and health, and chapters on cerebrovascular disease in the section on central nervous system disorders, from the latest, fifth edition of Pathy's principles and practice of geriatric medicine, edited by Alan Sinclair and colleagues."--Introd
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors, vii Foreword, ix
Introduction, xi
1 Epidemiology of Heart Disease, 1
Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz
2 Cardiac Ageing and Systemic Disorders, 29
David J. Stott and Terence J. Quinn
3 Hypertension, 44
Anthony S. Wierzbicki and Adie Viljoen
4 Lipid Management, 68
Adie Viljoen and Anthony S. Wierzbicki
5 Arrhythmias, 90
Abhay Bajpai and A. John Camm
6 Hypotension, 135
Suraj Alakkassery
7 Ischaemic Heart Disease, 152
Wilbert S. Aronow
8 Heart Failure, 172
Michael W. Rich
9 Cardiac Surgery, 202
Ulrich O. von Oppell and Adam Szafranek
10 Cardiac Rehabilitation, 234
Niccol`o Marchionni, Francesco Fattirolli, Francesco Orso, Marco Baccini, Lucio A. Rinaldi and Giulio Masotti
11 Acute Stroke Care and Management of Carotid Artery Stenosis, 261
David Doig and Martin M. Brown
12 Stroke Rehabilitation, 299
Lalit Kalra
13 Communication Disorders and Dysphagia, 329
Pamela M. Enderby
14 Peripheral Arterial Disease, 345
Leocadio Rodryguez-Ma ~ nas, Marta Castro Rodryguez and Cristina Alonso Bouzon
15 Venous Thromboembolism, 366
Gordon D.O. Lowe
16 Planning Cardiovascular Investigations and Management of Older People, 376
Jennifer K. Harrison, Terence J. Quinn and David J. Stott
Index, 395
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