Echocardiographic predictors of late mortality in elderly patients with acute coronary syndromes

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-251

  Shiran, Avinoam ^a,b   Adawi, Salim ^a,b   Dobrecky Mery, Idit ^a,b   Halon, David A ^a,b   Lewis, Basil S ^a,b  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Diastolic function; Echocardiology; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SINUS RHYTHM; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34247882768     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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