Reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 693-696

  Takata, Jun ^a   Nishinaga, Masanori ^a   Doi, Yoshinori ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Old old; Percutaneous coronary intervension; Reperfusion therapy; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 33846083466     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.43.693     Document Type: Article

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