Comparison of clinical presentation of acute myocardial infarction in patients older than 65 years of age to younger patients: The multicenter chest pain study experience

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 1989, Pages 772-776

  Solomon, Caren G ^a,b,c,d   Lee, Thomas H ^a,b,c,d   Cook, E Francis ^a,b,c,d   Weisberg, Monica C ^a,b,c,d   Brand, Donald A ^a,b,c,d   Rouan, Gregory W ^a,b,c,d   Goldman, Lee ^a,b,c,d  

^a Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; DIAPHORESIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRIAGE;

EID: 0024555396     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(89)90040-4     Document Type: Article

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