Title Aging, heart disease, and its management : facts and controversies / edited by Niloo M. Edwards, Mathew S. Maurer, Rachel B. Wellner

Published Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press ; [Oxford] : Blackwell] [distributor], 2003

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Description xvi, 389 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm Series Contemporary cardiology Contemporary cardiology (Totowa, N.J.) Contents Machine derived contents note: Part I. Epidemiology, Demographics, and Health Care Policy -- Demography and Epidemiology: An Examination of Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly -- Rachel B. Wellner -- The Evolution of the American Health Care System -- S. Brent Ridge and Christine Cassel -- Part II. Fundamentals of Caring for the Elderly -- Nutritional Needs of the Elderly -- Ashley S. Im, Patrick Archdeacon, and David H. Chong -- Pharmacological Management of the Older Patient -- Rudina M. Odeh-Ramadan and Tami L. Remington -- Psychiatric Issues in the Care of the Elderly Cardiothoracic Surgery Patient -- Edward T. Kenny, Philip R. Muskin, and Peter A. Shapiro -- Neurological Aspects of Caring for the Aged -- Mitchell S. V. Elkind -- Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Older Patient -- Marjorie L. King -- Ethical Issues in the Elderly -- Kenneth M. Prager -- Part III. Cardiovascular Care for the Elderly -- Cardiovascular Changes with Aging -- Mathew S. Maurer and Myron L. Weisfeldt -- Risk Factors and the Prevention of Heart Disease -- Nanette K. Wenger -- Arrhythmias in the Elderly: With an Emphasis on Atrial Fibrillation -- James A. Reiffel -- Syncope in the Elderly -- Daniel M. Bloomfield and Chandra Kunavarapu -- Ischemic Heart Disease -- Susan J. Zieman, Steven P. Schulman, and Jerome L. Fleg -- Heart Failure: With an Emphasis on Diastolic Heart Failure -- Dalane W. Kitzman -- Part IV. Cardiac Surgical Care for the Elderly -- Surgical Treatment of Ischemic Heart Disease in the Elderly -- Mauricio J. Garrido, Michael Argenziano, and Eric A. Rose -- Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure in the Elderly -- Aftab R. Kherani and Mehmet C. Oz -- Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillators -- Henry M. Spotnitz -- Postoperative Management of the Geriatric Patient -- Hugh R. Playford -- Incidence and Management of Complications of Surgical Treatment in the Elderly -- Eugene Kukuy and Niloo M. Edwards -- Valvular Heart Disease in the Elderly Population -- Windsor Ting and Craig R. Smith -- Index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Cardiovascular diseases in old age. Aging -- physiology. Heart Diseases. Aged. Heart Diseases -- therapy. Author Edwards, Niloo M. Maurer, Mathew S. Wellner, Rachel B. LC no. 2002027387 ISBN 1588290565 :

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