Open AccessGerontology Issues in Cardiology Practice
Author(s) -
О. Н. Ткачева,
Yu. N. Belenkov,
Yu. A. Karpov,
S. К. Zyryanov
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
kardiologiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.159
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2412-5660
pISSN - 0022-9040
DOI - 10.18087/cardio.2019.12.n876
Subject(s) - gerontology , medicine , cardiology
Increase in life expectancy during the second part of the 20 th century is accompanied by increase in proportion of elderly and senile age population. However, despite the increase in life expectancy, the prevalence of most chronic diseases and functional impairments rises with age. Elderly and senile age is associated with the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), therefore the problem of managing elderly patients with CVD becomes especially urgent.