Cardiac Management in the Frail Elderly Patient and the Oldest Old

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ungar, Andrea (Editor), Marchionni, Niccolò (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Nephrology.; Geriatrics.; Cardiac surgery.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319434681
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-43468-1
• Physical Description: X, 177 p. 28 illus., 18 illus. in color. online resource.

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 no...