TIME has come to have a closer look at the management of cardiovascular disease in the elderly

European Heart Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 993-995

  Rickenbacher, P ^a   Pfisterer, M ^b  

^a KANTONSSPITAL LIESTAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0036660012     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2002.3190     Document Type: Editorial

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