BookHarald Rittger, editor.
Summary: This book provides an in-depth review of current practices in the treatment of elderly patients with coronary artery disease. It presents an update of existing literature, reflecting the current science of elderly patients with stable angina, acute coronary syndromes, and patients who go on to receive coronary artery bypass grafting procedures. Evidence is often limited or non-existent in the elderly patient group. As such, the main challenge for further research is to define the role of geriatric preconditions and their impact on outcomes. This book aims to clarify if existing cardiological outcome values such as mortality can be applied to elderly patients, or if other values are more suitable parameters for measuring interventional success. Interventional Cardiology in the Elderly discusses the epidemiological, pathophysiological and ethical aspects of each of these topics and is hence an essential resource for all practicing interventional cardiologists.
Contents:
Epidemiology of interventional procedures
Pathophysiology of the aging heart and its impact on interventional procedures
The role of geriatric preconditions (frailty and disability) in elderly patients
Comorbid burden and its impact on outcome
Coronary interventions in stable CAD
Coronary interventions in ACS
CABG vs. PCI in elderly patients
Non-coronary interventions in the elderly
Pharmacotherapy in elderly patients
Ethical aspects of coronary interventions in elderly and very elderly patients.