Sarcopenia and cardiovascular diseases

AA Damluji, M Alfaraidhy, N AlHajri, NN Rohant… - Circulation, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle strength, mass, and function, which is often exacerbated by
chronic comorbidities including cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease, and …

Mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

AA Damluji, S Van Diepen, JN Katz, V Menon… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Over the past few decades, advances in pharmacological, catheter-based, and surgical
reperfusion have improved outcomes for patients with acute myocardial infarctions …

Frailty and cardiovascular outcomes in the National Health and Aging Trends Study

AA Damluji, SE Chung, QL Xue, RK Hasan… - European heart …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aims Physical frailty is a commonly encountered geriatric syndrome among older adults
without coronary heart disease (CHD). The impact of frailty on the incidence of long-term …

Management of acute coronary syndrome in the older adult population: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

AA Damluji, DE Forman, TY Wang, J Chikwe… - Circulation, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Diagnostic and therapeutic advances during the past decades have substantially improved
health outcomes for patients with acute coronary syndrome. Both age-related physiological …

Management of coronary artery disease in older adults: recent advances and gaps in evidence

S Cacciatore, L Spadafora, M Bernardi, M Galli… - Journal of clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is highly prevalent in older adults, yet its management
remains challenging. Treatment choices are made complex by the frailty burden of older …

Elderly patients and management in intensive care units (ICU): clinical challenges

LB Brunker, CS Boncyk, KF Rengel… - Clinical interventions in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
There is a growing population of older adults requiring admission to the intensive care unit
(ICU). This population outpaces the ability of clinicians with geriatric training to assist in their …

Influence of age and shock severity on short-term survival in patients with cardiogenic shock

JC Jentzer, B Schrage, DR Holmes Jr… - … Heart Journal Acute …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aims Cardiogenic shock (CS) is associated with poor outcomes in older patients, but it
remains unclear if this is due to higher shock severity. We sought to determine the …

Facing the challenge of polypharmacy when prescribing for older people with cardiovascular disease. A review by the European Society of Cardiology Working Group …

J Tamargo, KP Kjeldsen, E Delpón… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Population ageing has resulted in an increasing number of older people living with chronic
diseases (multimorbidity) requiring five or more medications daily (polypharmacy). Ageing …

Geriatric cardiology: coming of age

P Goyal, MJ Kwak, C Al Malouf, M Kumar, N Rohant… - JACC: Advances, 2022 - jacc.org
Older adults with cardiovascular disease (CVD) contend with deficits across multiple
domains of health due to age-related physiological changes and the impact of CVD …

Management of acute coronary syndromes in older adults

N Morici, S De Servi, L De Luca, G Crimi… - European heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Older patients are underrepresented in prospective studies and randomized clinical trials of
acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Over the last decade, a few specific trials have been …