Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly

Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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Product ID: 20981
Abstract: 

This one hour video lecture with accompanying PowerPoint slides describes the prevalence of cardovascular disease in aging including treatment and preventive strategies tailored to elderly patients. The target audience is Interdisciplinary Health Care Professionals.

 

Estimated time to complete: 
1 hour

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Educational objectives: 
  1. Recognize the statistics of our aging population and risks associated with cardiovascular disease an aging patients.
  2. Recognize cardiovascular changes that occur with aging.
  3. Describe frailty as it relates to aging population including risks and barriers.
  4. Describe treatment and management options of cardiovascular disease in the elderly.
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Date posted: 
Fri, 06/08/2012
Date last updated: 
Fri, 08/26/2011
CME credits available: 
No
Has this product been peer reviewed?: 
No
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Authors: 
Susan Bell
Creative Commons License: 
CC BY-NC-SA
NLM Citation:
Bell, S. Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education; 2012 Available from: http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20981
APA Citation:
Bell, S. (2012). Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education. Retrieved January 07, 2013 from http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20981
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