Trend in incidence of cardiovascular risk factors in elderly and over-aged stroke patients between 2003 and 2007 in Greece

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Kotsaftis, Panagiotis ^a   Ntaios, George ^a   Savopoulos, Christos ^a   Kiparoglou, Reveka ^a   Agapakis, Dimitrios ^a   Baltatzi, Maria ^a   Tsesmeli, Niki ^a   Hatzitolios, Apostolos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Diabetes mellitus; Dyslipidemia; Hypertension; Ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DICOUMAROL; WARFARIN;

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GREECE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE;

EID: 77649184831     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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