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.

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Cover
Title Page
Copyright
List of Contributors
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Epidemiology of Heart Disease
Chapter 2: Cardiac Ageing and Systemic Disorders
Chapter 3: Hypertension
Chapter 4: Lipid Management
Chapter 5: Arrhythmias
Chapter 6: Hypotension
Chapter 7: Ischaemic Heart Disease
Chapter 8: Heart Failure
Chapter 9: Cardiac Surgery
Chapter 10: Cardiac Rehabilitation
Chapter 11: Acute Stroke Care and Management of Carotid Artery Stenosis
Chapter 12: Stroke Rehabilitation
Chapter 13: Communication Disorders and Dysphagia
Chapter 14: Peripheral Arterial Disease
Chapter 15: Venous Thromboembolism
Chapter 16: Planning Cardiovascular Investigations and Management of Older People
Index

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