Increasing Post-Myocardial Infarction Heart Failure Incidence in Elderly Patients. A Call for Action

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-23

  Liang, Chang seng ^a   Delehanty, Joseph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; heart failure; myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 57949090823     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.09.026     Document Type: Editorial

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