Coronary care unit admission of very old patients with acute myocardial infarction

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 549-550

  Martinez Selles M ^a   Datino, T ^a   Bueno, Héctor ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; NITRATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SENESCENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SURVIVAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY CARE UNITS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION;

EID: 33645231129     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.072041     Document Type: Article

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