Clinical Cardiology in the Elderly

Part I: Cardiovascular Aging 1. Demography and Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease in Old Age 2. Pathology 3. Physiology 4. The Action and Disposition of Drugs Used in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease 5. Electrocardiographic Abnormalities: Findings in Population Based Studies Part II: Disease of the Heart and Pulmonary Vasculature 6. Infective Endocarditis 7. Pulmonary Hypertension 8. Valvular Heart Disease 9. Presentation and Evaluation of Ischemic Heart Disease 10. Treatment of Acute Ischemic Heart Disease 11. Effect of Interventions on Outcome of Acute Myocardial Infarction 12. Medical Management of Stable Angina Pectoria 13. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery and Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty 14. Management of Lipid Disorders 15. Diagnosis and Treatment of Arrhthmias 16. Syncope 17. Hypertension 18. Heart Muscle Disease 19. Pathophysiology of Congenital heart Failure 20. Management of Congestive Heart Failure 21. Physical Exercise and Training in Congestive Heart Failure 22. Cardiac Transplantation 23. Myocardial Revascularisation and Valve Replacement 24. Mitral Valve Repair 25. Quality of Life After Cardiac Surgery 26. Abnormal Aortic Aneurysms 27. Peripheral Vascular Disease 28. Pre-Operative Assessment of Cardiac Patients for Non-Cardiac Surgery 29. Attaining and Maintaining Autonomy 30. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 31. Socio-economic Circumstances and the Elderly 32. Biomedical Ethics