Geriatric patients with acute myocardial infarction: Cardiac risk factors profiles, presentation, thrombolysis, coronary interventions, and prognosis

American Heart Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 710-715

  Paul, Sumita D ^a   O'Gara, Patrick T ^b   Mahjoub, Zakwan A ^b   DiSalvo, Thomas G ^b   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^b   Newell, John B ^b   Villarreal Levy, Gerardo ^b   Smith, A J Conrad ^b   Kondo, Nicholas I ^b   Cararach, Marta ^b   Ferrer, Laura ^b   Eagle, Kim A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 15844429131     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90275-6     Document Type: Article

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