# Aging and Cardiovascular Disease: Current Status and Challenges

## TL;DR

This paper reviews how aging is driving the rise in cardiovascular disease and the challenges of treating elderly patients with multiple health issues.

## Contribution

The paper provides a comprehensive review of the CVD burden in aging populations and highlights care challenges in multimorbid elderly individuals.

## Key findings

- Aging is a major driver of the increasing global CVD epidemic.
- Multimorbidity in the elderly is strongly linked to poor health outcomes.
- Few studies have focused on CVD care challenges in multimorbid elderly populations.

## Abstract

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Population
aging is becoming the most important driver of the CVD epidemic. With the rapid
increase in an aging population, the burden of CVD will continuously increase.
Most old people also suffer multimorbidity, which is strongly associated with
impaired quality of life, disability, dependence, and mortality. However, few
reviews evaluated the CVD burden accompanied by population aging and the
challenges of CVD care in elderly individuals with multimorbidity. This review
identified and summarized the current status of the CVD epidemic associated with
aging and highlighted the challenges and needs of CVD care for the elderly.