Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference 2002: Management of heart disease in the elderly patient.
Cardiovascular disease is a major health issue for the elderly patient. Many diagnostic, therapeutic and ethical issues are specific for the the older adult with heart disease. The Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2002 Consensus Conference provides recommendations for the most frequently encountered cardiac problems in the elderly patient. A common theme of the recommendations is the need to apply the best evidence based medicine together with an assessment of frailty, comorbidity and quality of life. A major goal of the conference was to identify treatments that are not optimally used in the older patient.
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St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5B1W8
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Kenneth
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Chan
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Schultz
Susan
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Bogaty
Peter
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Gillis
Anne
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Arnold
Malcolm
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Miller
Fraser
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Graham
Michelle M
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Ghali
William A
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Cartier
Raymond
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Chow
Chi-Ming
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Grymonpre
Ruby
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Ogilvie
Richard
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Rochon
Paula
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Niznick
Joel
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Grover
Steven
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Kavanah
Terry
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Triscott
Jean
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Dafoe
William
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McCartney
Neil
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Rodney
Paddy
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Howlett
Jonathan
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Chockalingam
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Dagenais
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Dalziel
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Fodor
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Goodman
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Kerr
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Power
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Murphy
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans