Prevalence of coexistence of coronary artery disease, ischemic stroke, and peripheral arterial disease in older persons, mean age 80 years, in an academic hospital-based geriatrics practice

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1255-1256

  Ness, Jose ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HEBREW HOSPITAL HOME   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Peripheral arterial disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0032863154     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb05208.x     Document Type: Article

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