Long-term outcomes of acute ischemic stroke in patients aged 80 years and older

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 400-404

  Minn, Yang Ki ^a,c   Cho, Soo Jin ^a,c   Kim, Seon Gyeong ^a,c   Kwon, Ki Han ^a,c   Kim, Jin Hyuck ^b,c   Oh, Mi Sun ^b,c   Chu, Min Kyung ^b,c   Lee, Ju Hun ^c   Hwang, Sung Hee ^c   Lee, Byung Chul ^b,c  

^a Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aging; Ischemic stroke; Mortality; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 48749127382     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2008.49.3.400     Document Type: Article

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