Gender-Specific Echocardiographic Findings in Nonagenarians With Cardiovascular Disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-276

  Koster, Nancy K ^a   Reddy, Yeruva Madhu ^a   Schima, Susan M ^a   Almeida, Nathan J ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 73149103035     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.08.678     Document Type: Article

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