Heart Disease in Old Age

Heart disease in old age.

In a post-mortem analysis of 1,500 patients, aged 70 years or more, heart disease and malignancy were the two major causes of death. Coronary disease was exceedingly prevalent, almost one in five being subject to this form of heart disease, and 13% dying from its effects. The levelling of the sex ratio in coronary disease in the aged was a striking feature. The clinical manifestations of corona...

Disease and Prognosis in Old Age.

Old age is not a disease.

the role of type-d personality, social support and self-compassion in prediction of health behaviors in coronary heart disease patients

نظر به اهمیت و تاثیر روزافزون عوامل روانی – اجتماعی در سلامت جسمی و تاثیر عوامل روان شناختی در بروز بیماریهای مختلف از جمله بیماریهای قلبی و عروقی این پژوهش با هدف کلی بررسی ارتباط تیپ شخصیتی d ، حمایت اجتماعی و خود دلسوزی در پیش بینی رفتارهای بهداشتی بیماران کرونر قلبی و تعیین تفاوت بین بیماران کرونر قلبی با و بدون جراحی و افراد سالم در این متغیرها و رفتارهای بهداشتی آنان، انجام گرفت. جامعه آ...

The relationships of cerebrovascular disease and depression in old age

The high frequency of both – the cerebrovascular disease and depression – in late-life is well known. So, the opportunity of their co-morbidity is also obvious. Despite of this different aspects of such co-morbidity have not been a subject of a systematic study yet. The presented work is based on the use of Hamilton Depression Scale, CGI and MMSE scales in a group of elderly patients (n=103) wi...