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Title: | Risk factors and cardiovascular disease in the elderly |
Author: | Díez Villanueva, Pablo Jiménez-Méndez, César Bonanad, Clara García-Blas, Sergio Pérez-Rivera, Ángel Allo, Gonzalo García-Pardo, Héctor Formiga Pérez, Francesc Camafort Blanco, Miquel Martínez Sellés, Manuel Ariza Solé, Albert Ayesta, Ana |
Keywords: | Malalties cardiovasculars Factors de risc en les malalties Envelliment Diabetis Obesitat Hipertensió Cardiovascular diseases Risk factors in diseases Aging Diabetes Obesity Hypertension |
Issue Date: | 25-May-2022 |
Publisher: | IMR Press |
Abstract: | Age is associated with increased cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease, which constitutes the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in elderly population. In this text we thoroughly review current evidence regarding the impact on cardiovascular disease of the most important cardiovascular risk factors, especially prevalent and common in the elderly population. Diagnosis and treatment approaches are also addressed, also highlighting the importance of adequate primary and secondary prevention and management. Also, the relationship between cardiovascular disease and some comorbidities and geriatric conditions, such as frailty, particularly common in the elderly, is reviewed, together with some other issues, less often addressed but closely related to ageing, such as genetics, structural and electrical heart changes and oxidative stress. All such questions are of great importance in the comprehensive approach of risk factors and cardiovascular disease in the elderly. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2306188 |
It is part of: | Reviews In Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022, vol. 23, num. 6 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/186163 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2306188 |
ISSN: | 1530-6550 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Clíniques) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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