[The studies and results of elderly patients in Turkey]

Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2017 Sep;45(Suppl 5):143-146. doi: 10.5543/tkda.2017.67909.
[Article in Turkish]

Abstract

The specific population-based results of clinical and epidemiologic studies in geriatric patients with cardiovascular disease in Turkey were presented in this paper. The determining of the frequency and distribution of the cardiovascular disease and risk factors in our geriatric population would contribute to following a realistic strategy for management of them.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Risk Factors
  • Turkey / epidemiology