Primary percutaneous coronary intervention in octogenarians: Navigate with caution

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 813-814

  Dangas, George D ^a   Singh, Harsimran S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SHOCK;

EID: 77953701249     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.191916     Document Type: Editorial

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