Ch. 1: Changing demographics of the aging population with heart failure and implications for therapy
Bodh I. Jugdutt
Ch. 2: Biology of aging and implications for heart failure therapy and prevention
Bodh I. Jugdutt
Ch. 3: Hypertension and prevention of diastolic heart failure in the aging population
Wilbert S. Aronow
Maciej Banach
Ali Ahmed
Ch. 4: Aging and optimal therapy of systolic heart failure in the elderly
Nakul Chander Sharma
Bodh I. Jugdutt
Ch. 5: Atrial fibrillation and heart failure in the aging population
Pedram Kazemian
Bodh I. Jugdutt
Ch. 6: Optimizing therapy of heart failure in the aging population with monitoring in clinics
John R. Dimitry
Justin A. Ezekowitz
Ch. 7: Cardiac alterations in aging, hypertension and diastolic heart failure
Edith Pituskin
D. Ian Paterson
Ch. 8: Polypharmacy and adverse drug reactions in the aging population with heart failure
Michael W. Rich
William J. Nienaber
Ch. 9: Aging-related changes in vascular biology and implications for heart failure therapy in the aging population
Michael Sean McMurtry
Ch. 10: Biomarkers and optimal management of heart failure in the aging population
Hanna K. Gaggin
James L. Januzzi, Jr.
Ch. 11: Benefits of Exercise in the elderly
Ezra A. Amsterdam
C. Tissa Kappagoda
Ch. 12: The RAAS in heart failure: an update on clinical trials and opportunities for therapy
C. Tissa Kappagoda
Ezra A. Amsterdam
Ch. 13: Aging and diastolic dysfunction – the interplay of inflammation and extracellular matrix regulation
Peter Moritz Becher
Dirk Westermann,
Carsten Tschöpe
Ch. 14: Reperfusion and vasodilator therapy in elderly patients with STEMI and heart failure. Improving outcomes
Bodh I. Jugdutt,
Anwar Jelani
Seraj Abualnaja
Nakul Chander Sharma
Joseph Szeman Wong
Ch. 15: Erythropoietin therapy for heart failure
Margarita Borovka
Mathew S. Maurer
Ch. 16: Role of resistin in heart failure in the elderly
Yasuchika Takeishi
Ch. 17: Role of coronary artery calcium in cardiovascular risk stratification and management in the aging population
Craig R. Butler
Paolo Raggi
Ch. 18: Aging-and remodeling of the RAS and RAAS and related pathways. Implications for heart failure therapy
Bodh I. Jugdutt
Ch. 19: Aging and right ventricular failure from pulmonary hypertension: Effect of right ventricular and pulmonary artery remodeling
Joseph Szeman Wong
Bodh I. Jugdutt
Ch. 20: Biomarkers of cardiovascular aging
Nirankar S. Neki
Paramjit S. Tappia
Naranjan S. Dhalla
Ch. 21: Changes in the heart that accompany advancing age: Humans to molecules
Edward G. Lakatta
Harold A. Spurgeon
Andzej M. Janczewski
Ch. 22: Aging-related changes in cell death and cell survival pathways and implications for heart failure therapy
Guido R.Y. De Meyer
Dorien M. Schrijvers
Wim Martinet
Ch. 23: Aging-related changes in telomeres and telomerases and implications for heart failure therapy
Pim van der Harst
Dirk J. van Veldhuisen
Ch. 24: Aging associated alterations in myocardial inflammation and fibrosis: pathophysiological perspectives and clinical implications
Arti V. Shinde
Nikolaos G Frangogiannis
Ch. 25: Aging-related changes in extracellular matrix: implications for ventricular remodeling following myocardial infarction
Nguyen T. Nguyen
Andriy Yabluchanskiy
Lisandra E. de Castro Brás
Yu-Fang Jin
Merry L. Lindsey
Ch. 26: Calcium handling defects and changes in cardiac function in the aging heart
Adriana Adameova
Nirankar S. Neki
Paramjit S. Tappia
Naranjan S. Dhalla
Ch. 27: Integrins: Implications for aging in heart failure therapy
Laura L. Daniel
William L. Joyner
Mahipal Singh
Krishna Singh
Ch. 28: Adipokines as novel biomarkers in aging and heart failure
Ken Shinmura
Ch. 29: Aging-related changes in cellular and molecular mechanisms of post-infarction remodeling. Implications for heart failure therapy
Henry Han-Jen Shih
Andrew J. Boyle
Ch. 30: Aging-related changes in mitochondrial function and implication for heart failure therapy
Satoaki Matoba
Atsushi Hoshino
Hiroaki Matsubara
Ch. 31: Regulation of SERCA via oxidative modifications: Implications for the pathophysiology of diastolic dysfunction in the aging heart
Fuzhong Qin
Richard A. Cohen
Wilson S. Colucci
Ch. 32: SMP-30 and aging-related cardiac remodeling and heart failure
Satoshi Suzuki
Yasuchika Takeishi
