Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5858/1510013
Coronary Stenting in the Elderly: Current Status and Future Developments
SR Gnanenthiran, A Yong and HC Lowe
Article Type: Brief Review | First Published: June 21, 2016
An 86-year-old independent but frail woman living at home, presented with recurrent chest pain and pulmonary oedema. Her past history included recurrent medically managed non ST elevation myocardial infarction, heart failure and steroid responsive idiopathic thrombocytopenia (ITP). The electrocardiogram demonstrated lateral ST depression and T wave inversion. High sensitivity troponin T rose from 39 ng/L to 65 ng/L. Echocardiogram demonstrated normal left ventricular ejection fraction and hypoki...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5858/1510012
Short Term Quality of Life Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Yaar Aga, Ximena Marincic, Christian Marin y Kall, Peter de Jaegere and Eduardo De Marchena
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: April 01, 2016
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) has emerged as an alternative treatment modality for patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) who are at high or extreme risk for surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). Previous studies have shown that TAVR results in substantial reductions in symptoms and mortality. Despite these health benefits, the assessment of quality of life (QOL) remains critical in these patients who often express quality of life over quantity of life....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5858/1510011
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in the Elderly: Conventional and Emerging Prognostic Biomarkers in Daily Clinical Practice
Paula Martinez Santos, Elena Batlle Lopez, Isidre Vilacosta, Beatriz Sanchez Sauce, Elena Espana Barrio, Julia Jimenez Valtierra, Raquel Campuzano Ruiz, Ma Dolores Martin Rios
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: February 27, 2016
Albumin serum levels and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT proBNP) have shown to be useful in predicting outcome in patients with heart failure (HF) and systolic dysfunction. Carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA 125) has also been associated to a higher risk of mortality and rehospitalization in patients with HF and impaired left ventricular systolic function. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic role of these biomarkers among acute decompensated HF with preserved ejection fra...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5858/1510009
Aging and Visual Serial Search for Schematic Emotional Faces
Beth Fairfield, Alberto Di Domenico, Rocco Palumbo and Nicola Mammarella
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: February 01, 2016
The aim of the present study was to examine serial visual processing of facial emotion in a group of younger and older adults. Participants performed a visual serial search task in which they searched displays of schematic faces with positive, negative or neutral mouth expressions. Our findings show that older adults did particularly well when detecting positive target faces....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5858/1510008
Late-onset Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis: A Presentation of Five Cases
Michael David Richter and Leslie Dubin Kerr
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: January 18, 2016
Diffuse systemic sclerosis typically presents in persons aged 30-50 years. Although it is not uncommon to encounter the limited form of the disease in persons over the age of 65, diffuse disease in this age group is considered to be uncommon. Thus it is not considered as a diagnostic possibility in older adults who develop respiratory or gastrointestinal complaints....
