title: [Update on geriatric cardiology].
abstract: This article contains a review of the main developments in the field of geriatric cardiology reported during 2007, and discusses recent consensus statements. The article focuses on work dealing with the specific characteristics of elderly patients with ischemic heart disease, arrhythmias, heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and valvular heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España. mmselles@secardiologia.es
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martínez-Sellés
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Datino
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gómez Sánchez
authors.forename: Camino
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bañuelos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002309:Cardiology; D005853:Geriatrics; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy