Silent MI: Prevalence and prognosis in older patients diagnosed by routine electrocardiograms

Geriatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-40

  Aronow, Wilbert S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

ECGs; MI; Myocardial ischemia; Q wave; Silent ischemia

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0037236529     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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