Do systolic murmurs predict mortality in the elderly? A 15-year longitudinal population study of 70-year-olds

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-200

  Dey, Debashish Kumar ^a   Sundh, Valter ^a   Steen, Bertil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Systolic murmur

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR;

EID: 0346040269     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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