Cardiovascular Disease In The Elderly Patient

Normal aging changes of the cardiovascular system; morphological features of the elderly heart; electrocardiographic findings in older persons without clinical heart disease; echocardiographic measurements in elderly patients without clinical heart disease; cerebrovascular disease in the elderly patient; hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy in the elderly; hyperlipidaemia in the elderly; epidemiology of coronary heart disease in the elderly; pathophysiology of coronary artery disease in the elderly; recognition and diagnosis of coronary artery disease in the elderly; angina in the elderly patient; therapy of acute myocardial infarction; management of the older patient after myocardial infarction; surgical treatment of coronary artery disease in the elderly; percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in the elderly; exercise training in the elderly cardiac patient; aortic valve disease in the elderly; mitral valvular disease in the elderly; mitral annular calcium in the elderly; endocarditis in the elderly; cardiomyopathies in the elderly; thyroid heart disease in the elderly; congestive heart failure in the elderly; management of supraventricular tachycardia in the elderly; anticoagulation therapy in the elderly; ventricular arrhythmias in the elderly; cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the elderly; bradyarrhythmias and cardiac pacemakers in the elderly; evaluation of syncope in the elderly; acute pulmonary embolism in the elderly; peripheral vascular disease in the elderly; preoperative evaluation of elderly noncardiac surgical patients; cardiovascular drug therapy in the elderly; quality of life and ethical decisions in elderly patients with cardiovascular disease.