Percutaneous coronary intervention in nonagenarians: Age before beauty?

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 531-532

  Bhatt, Deepak L ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY DISEASE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; NOTE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REVASCULARIZATION; THROMBOSIS; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; RAPAMYCIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SIROLIMUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41649089391     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21521     Document Type: Note

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