Overview
- Editors:
-
-
Andrea Ungar
-
Hypertension Centre - Syncope Unit, Geriatrics Intensive Care Unit University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
-
Niccolò Marchionni
-
Professor of Internal Medicine-Geriatrics University of Florence Director, Cardiothoracovascular Department Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
Explains advanced treatment concepts in geriatric cardiology relevant to patients with particular frailties and the oldest old
Focuses on diseases with a high prevalence in the general population
Highlights key clinical points
Includes numerous figures and tables
Access this book
Other ways to access
Table of contents (13 chapters)
-
-
- Niccolò Marchionni, Alessandro Boccanelli
Pages 1-8
-
- Mauro Di Bari, Daniela Balzi
Pages 9-22
-
- Francesca Tarantini, Claudia Di Serio, Luigi Ferrucci
Pages 23-40
-
- Antonio Cherubini, Fabiana Mirella Trotta, Alessandra Marengoni
Pages 41-58
-
- Matteo Monami, Mauro Di Bari
Pages 59-62
-
- Nicola Ferrara, Graziamaria Corbi, Klara Komici, Giuseppe Rengo
Pages 63-70
-
- Martina Rafanelli, Michele Brignole, Rose Anne Kenny
Pages 71-86
-
- Enrico Mossello, Giovambattista Desideri, Andrea Ungar
Pages 87-103
-
- Andreas W. Schoenenberger, Manuel Martínez-Sellés
Pages 105-111
-
- Andrea Ungar, Marcello Amato, Alice Ceccofiglio
Pages 113-127
-
- Alessandra Pratesi, Samuele Baldasseroni, Iacopo Olivotto
Pages 129-147
-
- Stefano Fumagalli, Debbie Gabbai, Luigi Padeletti, Harry J. Crijns, Gregory Y. H. Lip
Pages 149-163
-
- Leonardo Bolognese, Stefano Savonitto
Pages 165-177
About this book
This book focuses specifically on the management of cardiovascular disease in elderly patients with particular frailties and in the “oldest old”. It is clearly explained how treatment in these patients differs from that in patients in their seventies who respond well to therapies and do not present frailties or organ failures. Although not young, the latter patients can be treated almost like any other patient, according to established guidelines. In contrast, the frail, compromised elderly and the oldest old require specific measures that target their needs, including with respect to underlying renal conditions. The book considers all those pathologies that have a high prevalence in the general population, explaining advanced treatment concepts and all aspects of assessment. Key clinical points are highlighted, and the text is supplemented with numerous informative figures and tables. The authors are respected experts, for the most part geriatric physicians, and the book is especially addressed to cardiologists, who may lack the described targeted information and treatment tools.
Reviews
“This is a good collection of evidence‐based practices in geriatric cardiology that provides guidance for appropriate decision making in the treatment of cardiovascular comorbidities in frail elderly geriatric patients based on the experience of professional geriatricians and cardiologists. … The audience is internists treating patients with common cardiovascular conditions, but it also would be useful for recent cardiology graduates.” (Ravi Prasad Avati Nanjundappa, Doody's Book Reviews, July, 2017)
Editors and Affiliations
-
Hypertension Centre - Syncope Unit, Geriatrics Intensive Care Unit University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
Andrea Ungar
-
Professor of Internal Medicine-Geriatrics University of Florence Director, Cardiothoracovascular Department Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
Niccolò Marchionni
About the editors
Andrea Ungar, MD, PhD, FESC
Department of geriatrics and medicine
Careggi Hospital and university of Florence
Florence
Italy
Niccolò Marchionni
University of Florence and Careggi
Department of Clinical and Experime
Florence
Italy
