Main description:

With an exponential growth in the number of older adults, understanding the common disorders of the elderly patient requiring cardiac care is becoming increasingly important. Incorporating recent advances in the field, Tresch and Aronow's Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly 6th Edition has been completely revised and updated to provide cardiologists, primary care physicians, geriatricians and other clinicians caring for the elderly a comprehensive and accessible overview of the epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment of cardiovascular disorders in older patients.

Contents:

Foreword

Preface

Editors

Contributors

1. Cardiovascular changes with aging

Jerome L. Fleg

2. Morphologic features and pathology of the elderly heart

Atsuko Seki, Gregory A. Fishbein, and Michael C. Fishbein

3. General principles on caring for older adults

Dae Hyun Kim and Sandra M. Shi

4. Cardiovascular drug therapy in the elderly

William H. Frishman, Wilbert S. Aronow, and Angela Cheng-Lai

5. Systemic hypertension in the elderly

Wilbert S. Aronow and William H. Frishman

6. Disorders of lipid metabolism

Mays T. Ali and Seth S. Martin

7. Diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease in the elderly

Samuel C. Durso

8. Epidemiology and prevention of coronary heart disease in older adults

Nathan D. Wong, David Tehrani, and Stanley S. Franklin

9. Diagnosis of coronary heart disease in the elderly

Wilbert S. Aronow and Jerome L. Fleg

10. Angina pectoris in the elderly

Wilbert S. Aronow and William H. Frishman

11. Therapy of acute myocardial infarction

Joshua M. Stolker and Michael W. Rich

12. Management of the older patient after myocardial infarction

Howard A. Cooper, Julio A. Panza, and Wilbert S. Aronow

13. Surgical management of coronary artery disease

Melissa M. Anastacio, Alejandro Suarez Pierre, and Jennifer S. Lawton

14. Percutaneous coronary intervention in the elderly

Kashish Goel and David R. Holmes

15. Exercise training and comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation in older cardiac patients

Daniel E. Forman

16. Aortic valve disease in the elderly

Madhur A. Roberts, Ryan K. Kaple, and Wilbert S. Aronow

17. Mitral regurgitation, mitral stenosis, and mitral annular calcification in the elderly

Wilbert S. Aronow

18. Infective endocarditis in older adults

Sairia Dass and Lona Mody

19. Cardiomyopathies in the elderly

John Arthur McClung, Srihari S. Naidu, and Wilbert S. Aronow

20. Thyroid heart disease in the elderly

Myron Miller and Steven R. Gambert

21. Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in older adults

Ali Ahmed and Jerome L. Fleg

22. Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in older adults

Bharathi Upadhya and Dalane W. Kitzman

23. Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias in the elderly

Jason T. Jacobson, Sei Iwai, Ali Ahmed, and Wilbert S. Aronow

24. Ventricular arrhythmias in the elderly

Jason T. Jacobson, Sei Iwai, and Wilbert S. Aronow

25. Bradyarrhythmias and cardiac pacemakers in the elderly

Naktal Hamoud, Fernando Tondato, and Win-Kuang Shen

26. Cerebrovascular disease in the elderly patient

Laura Stein and Jesse Weinberger

27. Evaluation and management of syncope and related disorders in the elderly

Andrea Ungar, Martina Rafanelli, and Michele Brignole

28. Pericardial disease in the elderly

Massimo Imazio

29. Venous thromboembolic disease in older adults

Laurie G. Jacobs, Justin B. Kaplan, and Ruchi Jain

30. Management of peripheral arterial disease in the elderly

Wilbert S. Aronow

31. Perioperative cardiovascular evaluation and treatment of elderly patients undergoing noncardiac surgery

Dipika Gopal, Monika Sanghavi, and Lee A. Fleisher

32. Ethical decisions and end-of-life care in older patients with cardiovascular disease

Esther S. Pak, James N. Kirkpatrick, Craig Tanner, and Sarah J. Goodlin

Index