[Significance of geriatric polypathy for conservative diagnosis and therapy of arterial occlusive disease in advanced age].
The kind of diagnostic procedures and treatment required in patients with arterial occlusive diseases in advanced age depends on the high risk of multimorbidity. Drug-interactions must be controlled in the multimedication of risk factors in atherosclerosis and of concomitant internal diseases. Intermittent claudication in older patients can also be treated successfully by physical training; in the late stages hemodilution and angioplasty are efficient modern procedures of treatment.
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001027:Aortography; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000175:diagnosis; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012212:Rheology; D012306:Risk
Die Bedeutung der Alterspolypathie für die konservative Diagnostik und Therapie der arteriellen Verschlusskrankheit im höheren Lebensalter.