Heart Failure in the Elderly, An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics

Publisher: Saunders
Number Of Pages:
Publication Date: 2007-10-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1416056408

Heart Failure in the Elderly An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics
Volume 3, Issue 4, Pages 381-554 (October 2007)

Wilbert S. Aronow MD
Contents:
Never Too Late to Drink From the Fountain of Youth
Preface
Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Prognosis of Heart Failure in the Elderly
DEFEAT Heart Failure: Clinical Manifestations, Diagnostic Assessment, and Etiology of Geriatric Heart Failure
Role of Echocardiography in the Diagnostic Assessment and Etiology of Heart Failure in the Elderly—Opacify, Quantify, and Rectify
Treatment of Heart Failure with Abnormal Left Ventricular Systolic Function in the Elderly
Diastolic Heart Failure in the Elderly
Use of Diuretics in the Treatment of Heart Failure in the Elderly
Heart Failure–Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction
Inotropic Drugs and Neurohormonal Antagonists in the Treatment of HF in the Elderly
Interventional Therapies for Heart Failure in the Elderly
Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure in the Elderly
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Treatment of Heart Failure in the Elderly
Treatment of Arrhythmias and Use of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators to Improve Survival in Elderly Patients with Cardiac Disease
Exercise Therapy for Elderly Heart Failure Patients
End-of-Life Care in the Treatment of Heart Failure in the Elderly
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