Effect of reperfusion therapy on long-term outcome in patients >70 years of age

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1142-1145

  Danchin, Nicolas ^a   Angioi, Michaël ^e   Demicheli, Thibaud ^a   Vaur, Laurent ^d   Genes, Nathalie ^c   Ferrieres, Jean ^d   Etienne, Sylvie ^c   Cambou, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c SANOFI   (France)

^d TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CALCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; Q WAVE; REGISTER; REPERFUSION; SURVIVAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037112132     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02784-4     Document Type: Article

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