Assessment of functional status and quality of life after percutaneous coronary revascularisation in octogenarians

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 748-751

  Agarwal, Sharad ^a   Schechter, Clyde ^b   Zaman, Azfar ^c  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANGINA PECTORIS; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEATTLE ANGINA QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350697871     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp174     Document Type: Letter

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