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Medical Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly

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Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 76))

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Abstract

Elderly patients constitute a group in whom diseases are “creeping up.” These diseases may not be cardiovascular but influence the general level of activity of the patient and the general feeling of health or ill-health. Therefore, the patient may apparently present with a cardiovascular problem when the real diagnosis lies elsewhere.

Unique features of illness in the elderly may interfere with effective drug therapy more than changed pharmacokinetics.

OUSLANDER, 1981 [1]

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  1. Lionel H. Opie
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  1. Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    Franz H. Messerli

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Opie, L.H., Mabin, T.A. (1987). Medical Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly. In: Messerli, F.H. (eds) Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 76. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9925-4_18

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