Andrea Ungar, MD, PhD, FESCDepartment of geriatrics and medicineCareggi Hospital and university of FlorenceFlorenceItalyNiccolò MarchionniUniversity of Florence and CareggiDepartment of Clinical and ExperimeFlorenceItaly

“This is a good collection of evidence‐based practices in geriatric cardiology that provides guidance for appropriate decision making in the treatment of cardiovascular comorbidities in frail elderly geriatric patients based on the experience of professional geriatricians and cardiologists. … The audience is internists treating patients with common cardiovascular conditions, but it also would be useful for recent cardiology graduates.” (Ravi Prasad Avati Nanjundappa, Doody's Book Reviews, July, 2017)

• 1 Introduction. The specificity of geriatric cardiology.- 2 Epidemiology of heart disease in the elderly.- 3 Molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular aging.- 4 Frailty and heart disease.- 5 Evidence based medicine and evidence biased medicine in geriatric cardiology. From the trial to the real word.- 6 Polypharmacy.- 7  Syncope and Unexplained Falls in the elderly.- 8 Hypertension in the oldest old, beyond the guidelines.- 9 New challenges in aortic stenosis in the elderly: from epidemiology to TAVI.- 10 The aging kidney and cardiovascular disease.- 11 Risk assessment in cardiac and non-cardiac surgery in the older patient.- 12 Atrial fibrillation in the elderly.- 13 Cardiac devices in the elderly.- 14 Management of acute coronary syndromes in the elderly.- 15 Cardiac surgery in the oldest old.

Andrea Ungar, MD, PhD, FESCDepartment of geriatrics and medicineCareggi Hospital and university of FlorenceFlorenceItalyNiccolò MarchionniUniversity of Florence and CareggiDepartment of Clinical and ExperimeFlorenceItaly

“This is a good collection of evidence‐based practices in geriatric cardiology that provides guidance for appropriate decision making in the treatment of cardiovascular comorbidities in frail elderly geriatric patients based on the experience of professional geriatricians and cardiologists. … The audience is internists treating patients with common cardiovascular conditions, but it also would be useful for recent cardiology graduates.” (Ravi Prasad Avati Nanjundappa, Doody's Book Reviews, July, 2017)

• 1 Introduction. The specificity of geriatric cardiology.- 2 Epidemiology of heart disease in the elderly.- 3 Molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular aging.- 4 Frailty and heart disease.- 5 Evidence based medicine and evidence biased medicine in geriatric cardiology. From the trial to the real word.- 6 Polypharmacy.- 7  Syncope and Unexplained Falls in the elderly.- 8 Hypertension in the oldest old, beyond the guidelines.- 9 New challenges in aortic stenosis in the elderly: from epidemiology to TAVI.- 10 The aging kidney and cardiovascular disease.- 11 Risk assessment in cardiac and non-cardiac surgery in the older patient.- 12 Atrial fibrillation in the elderly.- 13 Cardiac devices in the elderly.- 14 Management of acute coronary syndromes in the elderly.- 15 Cardiac surgery in the oldest old.

Andrea Ungar, MD, PhD, FESCDepartment of geriatrics and medicineCareggi Hospital and university of FlorenceFlorenceItalyNiccolò MarchionniUniversity of Florence and CareggiDepartment of Clinical and ExperimeFlorenceItaly

“This is a good collection of evidence‐based practices in geriatric cardiology that provides guidance for appropriate decision making in the treatment of cardiovascular comorbidities in frail elderly geriatric patients based on the experience of professional geriatricians and cardiologists. … The audience is internists treating patients with common cardiovascular conditions, but it also would be useful for recent cardiology graduates.” (Ravi Prasad Avati Nanjundappa, Doody's Book Reviews, July, 2017)

• 1 Introduction. The specificity of geriatric cardiology.- 2 Epidemiology of heart disease in the elderly.- 3 Molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular aging.- 4 Frailty and heart disease.- 5 Evidence based medicine and evidence biased medicine in geriatric cardiology. From the trial to the real word.- 6 Polypharmacy.- 7  Syncope and Unexplained Falls in the elderly.- 8 Hypertension in the oldest old, beyond the guidelines.- 9 New challenges in aortic stenosis in the elderly: from epidemiology to TAVI.- 10 The aging kidney and cardiovascular disease.- 11 Risk assessment in cardiac and non-cardiac surgery in the older patient.- 12 Atrial fibrillation in the elderly.- 13 Cardiac devices in the elderly.- 14 Management of acute coronary syndromes in the elderly.- 15 Cardiac surgery in the oldest old.