Acute coronary interventions in the elderly

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 295-298

  Rich, Michael W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; DRUG INDICATION; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; RISK;

EID: 0034083467     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200006000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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