The acute myocardial infarction in very elderly

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 261-267

  Aliberti, Giuseppe ^a   Pulignano, Isabella ^a   Proietta, Maria ^a   De Michele, Luigi Vincenzo ^a   Minisola, Salvatore ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delayed admission; Myocardial infarction; Prognosis; Very elderly

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0034123170     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(00)00056-X     Document Type: Article

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