title: [Polypharmacy is of major concern in cardiology].
abstract: Quality improvement in cardiology over the past decade focused on management of acute coronary syndrome with invasive and innovative medical therapies, optimizing treatment of congestive heart failure and the development of repair procedures in valvular heart disease. On the other hand cardiologist and the attendant physicians are confronted with changes in the characteristics of patients in the light of demographic facts. Comorbidity and polypharmacy raise the need for clear concepts. Therapeutic and diagnostic tools of geriatric medicine may help in that context.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Akutgeriatrie/Remobilisation, Landeskrankenhaus Gmunden, Gmunden, Austria.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dovjak
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Akutgeriatrie, Krankenhaus Hietzing mit Neurologischem Zentrum Rosenhügel, Wien, Austria.
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sommeregger
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin, Medizinische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Otto
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin, Medizinische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Regina E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Roller
authors.affiliation: Anstaltsapotheke, Krankenhaus Hietzing mit Neurologischem Zentrum Rosenhügel, Wien, Austria.
authors.forename: Birgit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Böhmdorfer
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Geriatrie, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Salzburg, Austria.
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Iglseder
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Innere Medizin und Akutgeriatrie, Landeskrankenhaus Hochzirl, Zirl, Austria.
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Benvenuti-Falger
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Innere Medizin und Akutgeriatrie, Landeskrankenhaus Hochzirl, Zirl, Austria.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lechleitner
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Innere Medizin und Akutgeriatrie, Landeskrankenhaus Hochzirl, Zirl, Austria. markus.gosch@tilak.at.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gosch
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced*; D055553:Prescription Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013575:Syncope / Q000139:chemically induced*; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D002317:Cardiovascular Agents; D055553:Prescription Drugs