Cardiovascular disease in the elderly

Author: Yin Huijun
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction to geriatric cardiovascular diseases. It elaborates on the etiology, pathogenesis, and clinical manifestations of these diseases. In particular, it lists a large number of electrocardiograms in laboratory and other examinations, as well as diagnosis, differential diagnosis, potential complications, and their management. The book focuses on Western medicine's disease-based treatment and traditional Chinese medicine's syndrome-based treatment, including selected prescriptions from renowned elderly TCM practitioners, their formulations, modifications, and explanations. This ensures that TCM diagnostic and treatment techniques for all stages of cardiovascular diseases have clear guidelines. It also summarizes post-treatment outcomes and prognoses, as well as challenges and strategies, providing broad space for longitudinal clinical thinking among specialists. This book is suitable for geriatric cardiovascular disease specialists and hospital physicians for reference. This book provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction to geriatric cardiovascular diseases, elaborating on their etiology, pathogenesis, and clinical manifestations. It particularly lists a large number of electrocardiograms in laboratory and other examinations, as well as diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and potential complications and their management.