title: The senescent heart.
abstract: There are changes in the elderly population that make them more vulnerable to disease, react differently to disease, and respond differently to drugs. The changes that occur in the geriatric population are (1) general physical deconditioning, (2) blunted physiologic response to change, (3) decreased resilience, and (4) degenerative changes common to aging. Appreciation of these changes helps in the diagnoses, management, and evaluation of prognosis in the senescent patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Valle
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lemberg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors