Percutaneous coronary intervention in the elderly

British Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 293-296

  Neary, Paul ^a   Taylor, Jacqueline ^a   Brady, Adrian ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Elderly; Myocardial infarction; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; CLOPIDOGREL; EPTIFIBATIDE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PLACEBO; TIROFIBAN;

AGE; AGED; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY RISK; CORONARY STENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ELDERLY CARE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0043196760     PISSN: 09696113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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