State of the science for care of older adults with heart disease

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 495-528

  Deaton, Christi ^a   Bennett, Jill A ^b   Riegel, Barbara ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d SHARP HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LIPID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGING; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DEFIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIET THERAPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDICATION; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SIDE EFFECT; SITTING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4344597653     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2004.02.008     Document Type: Review

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