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Main description:
Reviews the best therapies and surgical techniques available to provide quality care for the elderly cardiac patient and of those areas that require further research. The authors detail preventive therapies and the cardiovascular syndromes that disproportionately afflict the older individual, including arrhythmias (particularly atrial fibrillation), syncope, heart failure (particularly diastolic heart failure), and ischemic heart disease. They also delineate the surgical management of the heart patient with discussions of postoperative management and its complications and of specific surgical procedures such as coronary artery bypass grafting, valve surgery, pacemaker and defibibrillators, and surgical management of heart failure.
Contents:
Part I. Epidemiology, Demographics, and Health Care Policy
Demography and Epidemiology: An Examination of Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly
Rachel B. Wellner
The Evolution of the American Health Care System
S. Brent Ridge and Christine Cassel
Part II. Fundamentals of Caring for the Elderly
Nutritional Needs of the Elderly
Ashley S. Im, Patrick Archdeacon, and David H. Chong
Pharmacological Management of the Older Patient
Rudina M. Odeh-Ramadan and Tami L. Remington
Psychiatric Issues in the Care of the Elderly Cardiothoracic Surgery Patient
Edward T. Kenny, Philip R. Muskin, and Peter A. Shapiro
Neurological Aspects of Caring for the Aged
Mitchell S. V. Elkind
Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Older Patient
Marjorie L. King
Ethical Issues in the Elderly
Kenneth M. Prager
Part III. Cardiovascular Care for the Elderly
Cardiovascular Changes with Aging
Mathew S. Maurer and Myron L. Weisfeldt
Risk Factors and the Prevention of Heart Disease
Nanette K. Wenger
Arrhythmias in the Elderly: With an Emphasis on Atrial Fibrillation
James A. Reiffel
Syncope in the Elderly
Daniel M. Bloomfield and Chandra Kunavarapu
Ischemic Heart Disease
Susan J. Zieman, Steven P. Schulman, and Jerome L. Fleg
Heart Failure: With an Emphasis on Diastolic Heart Failure
Dalane W. Kitzman
Part IV. Cardiac Surgical Care for the Elderly
Surgical Treatment of Ischemic Heart Disease in the Elderly
Mauricio J. Garrido, Michael Argenziano, and Eric A. Rose
Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure in the Elderly
Aftab R. Kherani and Mehmet C. Oz
Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillators
Henry M. Spotnitz
Postoperative Management of the Geriatric Patient
Hugh R. Playford
Incidence and Management of Complications of Surgical Treatment in the Elderly
Eugene Kukuy and Niloo M. Edwards
Valvular Heart Disease in the Elderly Population
Windsor Ting and Craig R. Smith
Index
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Publication date: July, 2012
Pages: 390
Weight: 773g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Cardiovascular Medicine
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