The global population aged 60 years or over is more than twice as large as in 1980, and this number will increase in the future. In Italy , after Japan, the elderly constitute an important part of the total population, with a number of people over 60 that is expected to increase in the following years.In our country there is the highest proportion of elderly citizens (22.4% of the total population has more than 65 years in 2017) among European countries and for this reason aging and chronic diseases can be considered two of the major matters that the public health care system has to face up in the next years in order to reduce the health care cost and improve the citizens quality of life.In particular, the Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in older people can be considered one of the more frequent and obvious problem which comes from this context.One-third of deaths throughout the world is caused to Cardiovascular diseases."Past periods of decline in cardiovascular disease mortality marked a remarkable achievement for public health and medical care around the world," said Dr.