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The recommendations of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), released in 2015, provide limited data on the management of elderly patients with pericarditis. Elderly people are more likely to have pericarditis risk factors such as malignant neoplasms or renal failure. Difficulties in diagnosing pericardial diseases may occur in a group of elderly patients with concomitant coronary heart disease and the development of acute myocardial infarction. In the treatment of pericarditis in elderly patients, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, preferably aspirin, are primarily used. Elderly people are not recommended taking indomethacin. Difficulties of drug treatment may be associated with polypharmacy and cognitive impairment in elderly patients with comorbid diseases. The prognosis in the group of patients older than 60 who have undergone pericarditis is less favorable in comparison with younger persons.

This review devoted to actual medical problem that exists at a crossroad of cardiology, nephrology and radiology. Contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) is an important medical issue and its frequency is increasing last years. This disease may account for severe complications, including renal failure and even fatal outcome. We investigated contemporary sources to present epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of CIN.

In this review, we discuss clinical features of subclinical hypothyroidism in the elderly. The article describes the current diagnosis and treatment modalities of subclinical thyroid dysfunction in the older age group.