Late-life cardiac interventions and the treatment imperative

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 0344-0346

  Shim, Janet K ^a   Russ, Ann J ^b   Kaufman, Sharon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DEFIBRILLATOR; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; STENT; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; METHODOLOGY;

AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 41549144383     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050007     Document Type: Short Survey

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