Cardiology in Old Age

As longevity increases, the scope of cardiac disorders extends more widely in the sixth decade and onward into the seventh and subse­ quent decades. For example, as a result of effective cardiac surgery in childhood, congential heart disease is now found with increasing frequency in adults and not exceptionally in persons over 65 years of age. The frequency of aortic valve replacement for calcific congenital valve stenosis in subjects around 70 years of age illustrates the intrusion of cong...