Overview
- Provides an in depth review of the current practice and literature in treating elderly patients with coronary artery disease
- Only text available which describes in detail the distinctive features of elderly patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions
- Clarifies how existing outcome values like mortality can be applied to elderly patients or if other values like improvement of functional status or quality of life are more suitable parameters to measure interventional success
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Reviews
“Book fulfills its purpose of providing a deeper understanding of coronary artery disease in elderly patients using a simple, practical, and straightforward approach. … useful for all personnel involved in elderly cardiac care, including practicing interventional cardiologists, general cardiologists, fellows, trainees, researchers, nurse practitioners, and house staff. … provides step-by-step instructions on what to expect, what to do and how to do it, what to avoid, and how to manage, with valuable updates on safety requirements and current practice recommendations.” (Fahad Javed, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 2016)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Interventional Cardiology in the Elderly
Editors: Harald Rittger
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21142-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-21141-1Published: 27 October 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36169-7Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-21142-8Published: 13 October 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 162
Topics: Cardiology, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Interventional Radiology, Cardiac Surgery, Geriatrics/Gerontology