This book focuses specifically on the management of cardiovascular disease in elderly patients
with particular frailties and in the oldest old. It is clearly explained how treatment in these
patients differs from that in patients in their seventies who respond well to therapies and do
not present frailties or organ failures. Although not young the latter patients can be treated
almost like any other patient according to established guidelines. In contrast the frail
compromised elderly and the oldest old require specific measures that target their needs
including with respect to underlying renal conditions. The book considers all those pathologies
that have a high prevalence in the general population explaining advanced treatment concepts
and all aspects of assessment. Key clinical points are highlighted and the text is
supplemented with numerous informative figures and tables. The authors are respected experts
for the most part geriatric physicians and the book is especially addressed to cardiologists
who may lack the described targeted information and treatment tools.
