Prevalence of heart disease in older women in a nursing home

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1105-1112

  Aronow, Wilbert S ^a  

^a HEBREW HOSPITAL HOME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SYNCOPE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032422006     PISSN: 10597115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.1998.7.1105     Document Type: Review

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