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UNINA9910142971403321 |
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Titolo |
A practical guide to heart failure in older people [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Christopher Ward and Miles Witham |
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Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-12340-8 |
9786612123405 |
0-470-74294-1 |
0-470-74293-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WardChristopher <1939-> |
WithamMiles |
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Disciplina |
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618.97/129 |
618.97129 |
618.976129 |
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Soggetti |
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Heart failure |
Geriatric cardiology |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Epidemiology / Christopher Ward -- Heart failure and the aging heart / Helen Oxenham -- Aetiology / Christopher Ward -- Diagnosis / Christopher Ward -- Pharmacological treatment / Miles D. Witham -- Non-pharmacological management / Sinéad P. McKee and Miles D. Witham -- Comorbidity / Andrew Elder -- Treatment and management in primary care / Alan Begg -- The role of the specialist nurse / Sinéad P. McKee -- The role of the heart failure specialist / Maheshwar Pauriah, Aaron K.F. Wong and Chim C. Lang -- Hospitalization / Andrew Hannah -- Models of care and disease management programmes / Martin Wilson and Stephen J. Leslie -- Palliative and supportive care for patients with advanced and terminal heart failure / Christopher Ward ... [et al.]. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Heart failure is effectively a disease of older people. Eighty percent of patients are over 65 years old, and the majority of these are over 75. |
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