Clinical Cardiology in the Elderly

Elliot Chesler (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

624 Seiten

1994
Futura Publishing Co Inc.,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-87993-585-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Treatment of the elderly with cardiac disease is often complicated by a history of multiple chronic diseases and the expectations of patients and their families about duration and quality of life. This book provides the cardiologist with a reference for treating this subset of patients. A range of information is provided, including various treatment modalities (such as defibrillators and PTCA), clinical trials and quality of life issues, including informed consent and euthanasia.

Inhalt

Pathology of the ageing heart; physiology of the ageing heart; the effect of age on the action and disposition of drugs used in the treatment of cardiovascular disease; presentation and evaluation of ischemic heart disease; treatment of acute ischemic heart disease; medical management of stable angina pectoris; coronary artery bypass surgery and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in the elderly; cardiac surgery; hypertension; valvular heart disease; management of congestive heart failure; arrhythmias; syncope; infective endocarditis; pulmonary hypertension; pre-operative assessment of cardiac patients for non-cardiac surgery; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; socio-economic circumstances and the elderly; attaining and maintaining autonomy; biomedical ethics in the elderly.

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 6 colour illustrations, 125 illustrations
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Kardiologie / Angiologie
• ISBN-10: 0-87993-585-5 / 0879935855
• ISBN-13: 978-0-87993-585-6 / 9780879935856
• Zustand: Neuware