Tresch and Aronow's Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly

Wilbert S. Aronow received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He has edited or co-edited 11 books and authored or co-authored 1,290 papers. From 2001 to 2012, he has received yearly outstanding teacher and researcher awards from the medical residents and the cardiology fellows at Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College. He has received awards from the Society of Geriatric Cardiology, the Gerontological Society of America, New York Medical College, and the Walter Bleifeld Memorial Award for distinguished contributions to clinical research and a Distinguished Fellowship Award from the International Academy of Cardiology. Dr. Aronow is Professor of Medicine at New York Medical College. He has been a member of 78 editorial boards, an associate editor for 11 medical journals, and a guest editor for 6 other medical journals. Jerome L. Fleg received his M.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and has authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles and more than 100 book chapters and reviews related to cardiovascular aging and disease. He serves on multiple journal editorial boards and is an associate editor for the Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. Michael W. Rich received his M.D. from the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, and he has published over 250 journal articles and more than 50 books and book chapters. Dr. Rich is an associate editor for the American Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Aging Changes in the Cardiovascular System


Age-Associated Changes in the Cardiovascular System; Jerome L. Fleg


Morphologic Features and Pathology of the Elderly Heart; Atsuko Seki, Gregory A. Fishbein, and Michael C. Fishbein


Cardiovascular Drug Therapy in the Elderly; William H. Frishman, Wilbert S. Aronow, and Angela Cheng-Lai


Coronary Artery Disease: Risk Factors and Epidemiology


Systemic Hypertension in the Elderly; William H. Frishman and Wilbert S. Aronow


Disorders of Lipid Metabolism; Seth S. Martin and Roger S. Blumenthal


Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly; Mark D. Corriere, Rita Rastogi Kalyani, and Samuel C. Durso


Epidemiology of Coronary Heart Disease in the Elderly; Nathan D. Wong, David M. Tehrani, and Stanley S. Franklin


Coronary Artery Disease


Diagnosis of Coronary Heart Disease in the Elderly; Wilbert S. Aronow and Jerome L. Fleg


Angina Pectoris in the Elderly; Wilbert S. Aronow and William H. Frishman


Therapy of Acute Myocardial Infarction; Michael W. Rich and Wilbert S. Aronow


Management of the Older Patient after Myocardial Infarction; Wilbert S. Aronow


Surgical Management of Coronary Artery Disease; Melissa M. Anastacio and Jennifer S. Lawton


Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the Elderly; Andrew Cassar and David R. Holmes Jr.


Exercise Training and Cardiac Rehabilitation in Older Cardiac Patients; Philip A. Ades


Valvular Heart Disease


Aortic Valve Disease in the Elderly; Wilbert S. Aronow


Mitral Regurgitation, Mitral Stenosis, and Mitral; Annular Calcification in the Elderly


Melvin D. Cheitlin and Wilbert S. Aronow


Infective Endocarditis in Older Adults; Hendren Bajillan and Kevin P. High


Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure


Cardiomyopathies in the Elderly; John Arthur McClung and Wilbert S. Aronow


Thyroid Heart Disease in the Elderly; Myron Miller and Steven R. Gambert


Heart Failure in Older Adults; Ali Ahmed and Jerome L. Fleg


Arrhythmias in the Elderly


Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias in the Elderly; Wilbert S. Aronow, Maciej Banach, and Ali Ahmed


Ventricular Arrhythmias in the Elderly; Wilbert S. Aronow


Bradyarrhythmias and Cardiac Pacemakers in the Elderly; Fernando Tondato and Win-Kuang Shen


Cerebrovascular Disease


Cerebrovascular Disease in the Elderly Patient; Jesse Weinberger


Evaluation and Management of Syncope in the Elderly Patient; Rose S. Cohen and Mathew S. Maurer


Miscellaneous Topics


Pericardial Disease in the Elderly; Lovely Chhabra and David H. Spodick


Venous Thromboembolic Disease in Older Adults; Marina Shcherba, Henny H. Billett, and Laurie G. Jacobs


Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease in the Elderly; Wilbert S. Aronow


Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Treatment of Elderly Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery; Vikram Prasanna, Andrew J. Litwack, And Lee A. Fleisher


Disability and Frailty in Older Patients with Cardiovascular Disease; John E. Morley and Michael W. Rich


Ethical Decisions and End-Of-Life Care in Older Patients; with Cardiovascular Disease


Craig Tanner and Sarah Goodlin


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