Old age and outcome after primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 867-872

  De Boer, Menko Jan ^a   Ottervanger, Jan Paul ^a   Suryapranata, Harry ^a   Hoorntje, Jan C A ^a   Dambrink, Jan Henk E ^a   Gosselink, A T Marcel ^a   Van'T Hof, Arnoud W J ^a   Zijlstra, Felix ^b  

^a ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Myocardial infarction; Primary angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952157963     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02821.x     Document Type: Article

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