TY - JOUR AU - Zhang, Chunzhi AU - Xiang, Congling AU - Tian, Xin AU - Xue, Jun AU - He, Gengxu AU - Wu, Xueliang AU - Mei, Zubing AU - Li, Tian PY - 2021 M3 - Review TI - Roles of Nursing in the Management of Geriatric Cardiovascular Diseases JO - Frontiers in Medicine UR - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.682218 VL - 8 SN - 2296-858X N2 - The nursing field occupies the largest secion of the cardiovascular healthcare services. Despite this, the roles of nursing within the cardiovascular healthcare system has not been well displayed. The authors searched PubMed and Embase (between January 1, 1950, and June 17, 2021) and created a narrative review of recent publications regarding the role of nursing in the management of geriatric cardiovascular disease (CVD). Patients with geriatric CVD, which includes mainly myocardial ischemia and heart failure, were enrolled. Nursing can improve the outcomes of myocardial ischemia and heart failure. It plays a pivotal role in the recovery, rehabilitation, and outcomes of geriatric CVD, especially for chronic heart diseases. Taken together, this paper compiled is focused on the current status of cardiovascular nursing and may facilitate future treatment and rehabilitation in geriatric CVD. ER -