Difficult choices: Antithrombotic treatment for atrial fibrillation in frail geriatric patients

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation at elderly people. Physiological changes of cardiovascular apparate in the old age.

Syndrome of geriatric frailty. Antithrombotic therapy - indications and risks at elderly people.

Keywords

• frailty
• elderly people
• atrial fibrillation
• antithrombotic treatment