Age-related differences in characteristics, performance measures, treatment trends, and outcomes in patients with ischemic stroke

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 879-891

  Fonarow, Gregg C ^a   Reeves, Mathew J ^a   Zhao, Xin ^b   Olson, Daiwai M ^b   Smith, Eric E ^c   Saver, Jeffrey L ^a   Schwamm, Lee H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Mortality; Outcome assessment; Registries; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649118940     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.892497     Document Type: Article

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