Clinical characteristics and early outcomes of very elderly patients in the reperfusion era

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-46

  Yagi, Masahiro ^a   Nakao, Koichi ^a   Honda, Takashi ^a   Tsurumi, Yukio ^b   Kasanuki, Hiroshi ^b  

^a SAISEIKAI KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Early outcomes; Reperfusion therapy; Very elderly patients

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART RUPTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542316811     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.03.019     Document Type: Article

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