Percutaneous intervention in the very elderly: Weighing the risks and benefits - Editorial

American Heart Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 585-587

  Peterson, E D ^a   Batchelor, W B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGING; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; LIFESPAN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0032911334     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(99)70206-1     Document Type: Editorial

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