title: [Update on geriatric cardiology].
abstract: This article contains a review of the main developments in the field of geriatric cardiology reported during 2009. The focus is on research into the specific characteristics of elderly patients with heart failure, arrhythmias or ischemic heart disease or who have undergone percutaneous intervention for aortic stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Hospital General 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: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Díaz-Castro
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: López-Palop
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy