Cardiovascular Disease and Health in the Older Patient – Expanded from ′Pathy′s Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine, Fifth Edition′

David Stott is Cargill Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Glasgow. Chair, Health Services Research Committee, CSO, Scottish Executive, from December 2007. Systematic Reviews Editor and Member of the Editorial Board for Age and Ageing, 1998 to present. Subeditor for Geriatric Medicine British Medical Bulletin, August 2004 to present. International Advisor, Asian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics, August 2006 to present. Gordon D.O. Lowe is Emeritus Professor (formerly Professor of Vascular Medicine) at the University of Glasgow; Director, Haemostasis and Thrombosis Laboratory and Co-Director, West of Scotland Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre. He has developed a major research programme including clinical trials, and analyses in epidemiological studies of the contributions of haemostatic, thrombotic and haemorheological factors to vascular diseases.

List of Contributors, vii Foreword, ix Introduction, xi 1 Epidemiology of Heart Disease, 1 Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz 2 Cardiac Ageing and Systemic Disorders, 29 David J. Stott and Terence J. Quinn 3 Hypertension, 44 Anthony S. Wierzbicki and Adie Viljoen 4 Lipid Management, 68 Adie Viljoen and Anthony S. Wierzbicki 5 Arrhythmias, 90 Abhay Bajpai and A. John Camm 6 Hypotension, 135 Suraj Alakkassery 7 Ischaemic Heart Disease, 152 Wilbert S. Aronow 8 Heart Failure, 172 Michael W. Rich 9 Cardiac Surgery, 202 Ulrich O. von Oppell and Adam Szafranek 10 Cardiac Rehabilitation, 234 Niccol'o Marchionni, Francesco Fattirolli, Francesco Orso, Marco Baccini, Lucio A. Rinaldi and Giulio Masotti 11 Acute Stroke Care and Management of Carotid Artery Stenosis, 261 David Doig and Martin M. Brown 12 Stroke Rehabilitation, 299 Lalit Kalra 13 Communication Disorders and Dysphagia, 329 Pamela M. Enderby 14 Peripheral Arterial Disease, 345 Leocadio Rodr'yguez-Ma nas, Marta Castro Rodr'yguez and Cristina Alonso Bouz'on 15 Venous Thromboembolism, 366 Gordon D.O. Lowe 16 Planning Cardiovascular Investigations and Management of Older People, 376 Jennifer K. Harrison, Terence J. Quinn and David J. Stott Index, 395