Should we aggressively treat elderly patients with cardiogenic shock?

American Heart Journal

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 962-963

  Hasdai, David ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC;

EID: 20544459619     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.03.043     Document Type: Editorial

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