Acute coronary care in the elderly, part II: ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction: A scientific statement for healthcare professionals from the American heart association council on clinical cardiology

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2570-2589

  Alexander, Karen P ^a   Newby, L Kristin ^a   Armstrong, Paul W ^a   Cannon, Christopher P ^a   Gibler, W Brian ^a   Rich, Michael W ^a   Van De Werf, Frans ^a   White, Harvey D ^a   Weaver, W Douglas ^a   Naylor, Mary D ^a   Gore, Joel M ^a   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a   Ohman, E Magnus ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; AHA Scientific Statements; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBIN; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A INHIBITOR; CAPTOPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENOXAPARIN; EPLERENONE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; HIRUDIN; HIRULOG; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOSARTAN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METOPROLOL; NITRATE; RETEPLASE; SIMVASTATIN; STREPTOKINASE; TENECTEPLASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VALSARTAN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PATIENT RIGHTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248646263     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.182616     Document Type: Review

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