Editing Cardiology (section)

==== Cardiogeriatrics ====
{{Main|Cardiogeriatrics}}

Cardiogeriatrics, or geriatric cardiology, is the branch of cardiology and geriatric medicine that deals with the cardiovascular disorders in elderly people.

Cardiac disorders such as [[coronary heart disease]], including [[myocardial infarction]], [[heart failure]], [[cardiomyopathy]], and arrhythmias such as [[atrial fibrillation]], are common and are a major cause of mortality in elderly people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ahcd/agingtrends/06olderpersons.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ahcd/agingtrends/06olderpersons.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Trends in Causes of Death among Older Persons in the United States}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Dodson JA | title = Geriatric Cardiology: An Emerging Discipline | journal = Canadian Journal of Cardiology | date=September 2016 | doi = 10.1016/j.cjca.2016.03.019 |volume=32|issue=9| pages = 1056–1064 | pmid = 27476988| pmc = 5581937 }}</ref> Vascular disorders such as [[atherosclerosis]] and [[peripheral arterial disease]] cause significant morbidity and mortality in aged people.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Golomb Beatrice A.|last2=Dang Tram T.|last3=Criqui Michael H.|date=2006-08-15|title=Peripheral Arterial Disease|journal=Circulation|volume=114|issue=7|pages=688–699|doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.593442|pmid=16908785|s2cid=5364055|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Yazdanyar|first1=Ali|last2=Newman|first2=Anne B.|date=2010-11-01|title=The Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly: Morbidity, Mortality, and Costs|journal=Clinics in Geriatric Medicine|volume=25|issue=4|pages=563–vii|doi=10.1016/j.cger.2009.07.007|issn=0749-0690|pmc=2797320|pmid=19944261}}</ref>