Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Elderly -The Differences Compared with the Young

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 414-418

  Woon, Voon Ching ^a   Lim, K H ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Atypical; Cardiac failure; Cardiogenic shock; Presentation; Shortness of breath

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TICLOPIDINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEST PAIN; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; SINGAPORE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242268421     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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