Frailty and Cardiovascular Diseases Research into an Elderly Population
This book aims to clarify the potential association between frailty and cardiovascular disease in older people. Covering the biological as well as the clinical point of view, it allows researchers and clinicians to discover the significance of this topic. The contributions cover the most important a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham
Springer International Publishing
2020, 2020
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2020 |
| Series: | Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Frailty: what is it?- Tools for assessing frailty in older people: general concepts
- Epidemiology of frailty in older people
- Epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases in the elderly
- The impact of frailty on the role of the classical cardiovascular risk factors
- Frailty as cardiovascular risk factor (and vice versa)
- Inflammation, frailty and cardiovascular disease
- Oxidative stress, frailty and cardiovascular disease: current evidence
- The importance of cellular senescence in frailty and cardiovascular diseases
- Comprehensive geriatric assessment in cardiovascular disease
- Frailty in cardiac surgery
- Physical exercise for frailty and cardiovascular disease
- Cardiac rehabilitation for frail older people
- Future perspectives