Cardiac Disease in the Elderly Population
| Autor: | Jeanne M. Marshall, Louis A. Cannon |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics Heart disease business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Infarction Disease medicine.disease Cardiovascular physiology Valve replacement Heart failure Internal medicine medicine Cardiology Geriatrics and Gerontology Presentation (obstetrics) Risk factor business |
| Zdroj: | Clinics in Geriatric Medicine. 9:499-525 |
| ISSN: | 0749-0690 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0749-0690(18)30389-6 |
| Popis: | Cardiovascular disease is the prime cause of disability and death in the elderly population. This article provides a brief review of cardiac physiology in this group as well as a discussion of the acute presentation of myocardial ischemia and infarction, congestive heart failure, vascular dysfunction, and complications of valve replacement. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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