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La prevention des maladies cardiovasculaires est-elle encore utile chez la personne agee? Focus sur les antiagregants et les hypolipemiants

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La prevention des maladies cardiovasculaires est-elle encore utile chez la personne agee? Focus sur les antiagregants et les hypolipemiants
Author: RADERMECKER, Régis ; Lancellotti, Patrizio
Subjects: Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Cardiovascular Diseases/prevention & control ; Human health sciences ; Humans ; Hypolipidemic Agents/therapeutic use ; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors/therapeutic use ; Professional Practice ; Public health, health care sciences & services ; Santé publique, services médicaux & soins de santé ; Sciences de la santé humaine
Description: The increase in life expectancy raises the difficult question of the most appropriate preventive medical therapy in the elderly. Indeed, beyond physiological age, comorbidities, contraindications and life expectancy should be considered before starting any treatment. Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in our country, especially in the elderly. A preventive treatment aiming at controlling cardiovascular risk factors should be initiated based on the currently available evidence. We shall briefly discuss the value of cardiovascular prevention in the elderly and specifically focus on the use (or not) of antiplatelet agents and lipid-lowering drugs (i.e. statins).
Publisher: Université de Liège. Revue Médicale de Liège
Creation Date: 2014
Language: French
Identifier: ISSN: 2566-1566
ISSN: 0370-629X
PMID: 25065239
Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection

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