Edwards Niloo M. et al. (eds.) Aging, Heart Disease, and Its Management: Facts and Controversies

Humana Press, 2003. — 408 p. — (Contemporary Cardiology) — ISBN: 978-1-58829-056-4In Aging, Heart Disease, and Its Management: Facts and Controversies, a panel of world renowned clinicians from the foremost academic institutions review the best therapies and surgical techniques available to provide quality care for the elderly cardiac patient, and highlight the controversial areas that require further research. Their survey details preventive therapies and the cardiovascular syndromes that disproportionately afflict the older individual, including arrhythmias (particularly atrial fibrillation), syncope, heart failure (particularly diastolic heart failure), and ischemic heart disease. They also delineate the surgical management of the heart patient, with discussions of postoperative management and its complications, and such specific operative procedures as coronary artery bypass grafting, valve surgery, pacemakers and defibrillators, and surgical management of heart failure. Additional chapters guide the clinician through the major nutritional, neurological, pharmacologic, psychiatric, ethical, and rehabilitation issues that contribute significantly to the quality of care of the elderly. Comprehensive and authoritative, Aging, Heart Disease, and Its Management: Facts and Controversies offers today's clinicians not only an up-to-date survey of the latest therapies and surgical techniques available for treating the special cardiovascular problems of the elderly, but also an examination of those areas of medical controversy in need of further investigation.Demography and Epidemiology
The Evolution of the American Health Care System
Nutritional Needs of the Elderly
Pharmacological Management of the Older Patient
Psychiatric Issues in the Care of the Elderly Cardiothoracic Surgery Patient
Neurological Aspects of Caring for the Aged
Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Older Patient
Ethical Issues in the Elderly
Cardiovascular Changes with Aging
Risk Factors and the Prevention of Heart Disease
Arrhythmias in the Elderly
Syncope in the Elderly
Ischemic Heart Disease
Heart Failure
Surgical Treatment of Ischemic Heart Disease in the Elderly
Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure in the Elderly
Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillators
Postoperative Management of the Geriatric Patient
Incidence and Management of Complications of Surgical Treatment in the Elderly
Valvular Heart Disease in the Elderly Population