And what do we tell our elders?

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 672-674

  Gibbons, Raymond J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036869219     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mnc.2002.129478     Document Type: Editorial

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