Overview
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Franz H. Messerli
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Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, USA
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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- Mark Pecker, John H. Laragh
Pages 1-8
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- Jerome L. Fleg, Gary Gerstenblith, Edward G. Lakatta
Pages 9-35
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- Carl J. Lavie, Franz H. Messerli
Pages 49-59
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- Barry M. Massie, Christopher L. Wolfe, Barry L. Kramer
Pages 61-83
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- David J. Elizardi, Eric L. Michelson, Leonard S. Dreifus
Pages 109-128
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- Michael G. Ziegler, Richard R. Barager
Pages 129-146
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- David C. Booth, Anthony N. Demaria
Pages 147-171
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- Donald J. Breslin, Nicholas P. Tsapatsaris
Pages 225-261
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- Lionel H. Opie, T. A. Mabin
Pages 317-337
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- John L. Ochsner, James R. Douglas Jr.
Pages 339-358
About this book
By the time a man gets well into his seventies, his continued existence is a mere miracle. -Robert Louis Stevenson It hardly seems possible that a second edition is needed after the first has been in print for only three years. However, when I reflect on what has happened in geriatric cardiology during that short period, it becomes obvious why. First, cardiologists all over the globe have begun to realize that geriatric cardiology has evolved into a science and a clinical discipline of its own. Although some of us may consider such subspecialization unfortunate, it has become clear that a variety of cardiac disorders present with different symptoms and signs, require a different diagnostic and therapeutic approach, and have a different prognostic outlook in the elderly when compared to middle-aged patients. Since the aging segment of the population has increased dramatically over the past few decades, and continues to do so, specific age-related disorders are more frequently encountered by the practicing physician, be it by the general practitioner, by the internist, or by a cardiologist. Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly provides an up-to-date guide to help the physician deal with these problems, leading the way in what turns out to be an increasingly complex area. Second, I have been heartened by the warm reception of the first edition and by the excellent reviews that it got in the most prestigious medical journals.
Reviews
` Virtually every primary care physicians's library would be enhanced by the wealth of information presented in this book. '
W.M. Kirkendall in The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol.320 No.7, Feb. 1989.
Editors and Affiliations
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Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, USA
Franz H. Messerli
