The elderly are not so old anymore

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1488-1489

  Anderson, H Vernon ^a   Bach, Richard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL;

AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 26844507154     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.07.031     Document Type: Editorial

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