title: [Update on geriatric cardiology].
abstract: This article contains a review of the main developments in the field of geriatric cardiology reported during 2010. The focus is on research into the specific characteristics of elderly patients with heart failure, ischemic heart disease, valvular heart disease and arrhythmias.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital do Meixoeiro, CHUVI, Vigo, Pontevedra, España.
authors.forename: Óscar
authors.initials: Ó
authors.lastname: Díaz-Castro
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Datino
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: López-Palop
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martínez-Sellés
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D002309:Cardiology / Q000639:trends*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000639:trends*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy