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Ian Hamilton-Craig,1,2 David Colquhoun,3,4 Karam Kostner,4,5 Stan Woodhouse,4,6 Michael d'Emden4,7 1Griffith University School of Medicine, Griffith Health Institute, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia; 2Flinders University School of Medicine, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 3Wesley Medical Centre, Auchenflower, QLD, Australia; 4University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; 5Department of Cardiology, Mater Hospital, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia; 6Taylor Medical Centre, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia; 7Department of Endocrinology, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston, QLD, AustraliaAbstract: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and morbidity increases with increasing age, largely as a result of increased lifetime exposure as well as increased prevalence of CVD risk factors. Hospitalization for CVD increases by a factor of over 18× for those aged 85+ years versus those aged |
