Ungar, Andrea ORCID: 0000-0002-8965-4523, Rivasi, Giulia ORCID: 0000-0002-2736-2242, Petrovic, Mirko, Schoenenberger, Andreas, Martinez-Selles, Manuel, Gasowski, Jerzy ORCID: 0000-0002-8025-5323, Bahat-Ozturk, Gulistan, Bo, Mario, Dallmaier, Dhayana, Fumagalli, Stefano, Grodzicki, Tomasz, Kotovskaya, Yulia, Maggi, Stefania, Raso, Francesco Mattace, Polidori, Maria Cristina, Rajkumar, Raj, Strandberg, Timo, Werner, Nikos and Benetos, Athanase (2020). Toward a geriatric approach to patients with advanced age and cardiovascular diseases: position statement of the EuGMS Special Interest Group on Cardiovascular Medicine. Eur. Geriatr. Med., 11 (1). S. 179 - 185. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1878-7657

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Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are highly prevalent in older adults and represent a major geriatric health-care concern. Management of CVD in older patients may be challenging due to specific geriatric issues, such as frailty and multi-morbidity, which may influence patients' outcomes. In this clinical context, diagnostic and therapeutic strategies should target those outcomes that have higher priority in geriatric health care, including disability prevention and quality of life. Older adults with CVD should be offered a reasonably optimized treatment, customized to the individual's frailty level and functional status. Yet, most clinical trials excluded comorbid and frail patients and evidence to support CVD management in this vulnerable population is lacking. Therefore, a geriatric approach is needed in cardiovascular medicine, characterized by a holistic, patient-centered perspective focusing on functional status and quality of life. With a view to promote the geriatric approach in the management of older patients with CVD, the EuGMS Special Interest Group (SIG) on Cardiovascular Medicine was founded in 2018, consisting of a network of geriatricians with an extensive expertise in geriatric cardiovascular medicine. The present position paper aims to present the Cardiovascular SIG and illustrate its main purposes and action programs.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
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Ungar, AndreaUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-8965-4523UNSPECIFIED
Rivasi, GiuliaUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-2736-2242UNSPECIFIED
Petrovic, MirkoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Schoenenberger, AndreasUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Martinez-Selles, ManuelUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Gasowski, JerzyUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-8025-5323UNSPECIFIED
Bahat-Ozturk, GulistanUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Bo, MarioUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dallmaier, DhayanaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Fumagalli, StefanoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Grodzicki, TomaszUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kotovskaya, YuliaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Maggi, StefaniaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Raso, Francesco MattaceUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Polidori, Maria CristinaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Rajkumar, RajUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Strandberg, TimoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Werner, NikosUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Benetos, AthanaseUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-346864
DOI: 10.1007/s41999-019-00267-0
Journal or Publication Title: Eur. Geriatr. Med.
Volume: 11
Number: 1
Page Range: S. 179 - 185
Date: 2020
Publisher: SPRINGER
Place of Publication: NEW YORK
ISSN: 1878-7657
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
ELDERLY-PATIENTS; OLDER-ADULTS; AORTIC-STENOSIS; BLOOD-PRESSURE; MANAGEMENT; FRAILTY; HYPERTENSION; MULTIMORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSISMultiple languages
Geriatrics & GerontologyMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/34686

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