title: A brief history of scientific geriatric cardiology.
abstract: Comprehensive therapists need awareness of the long period of neglect of the elderly cardiac patient, its improvement in the last third of a century, and a look to the future.
authors.affiliation: Loyola University at Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA. wwehrma@lumc.edu
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Wehrmacher
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002309:Cardiology / Q000266:history*; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000266:history*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy / Q000639:trends