Surgical management of coronary arterial disease in the elderly

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 279-290

  Stemmer, Edward A ^a,b,d   Aronow, Wilbert S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c HEBREW HOSPITAL HOME   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary artery surgery; Elderly; Ischemic heart disease; Open heart surgery; Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0031856640     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-199809050-00006     Document Type: Review

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