Diagnostics of acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients;Diagnostik des akuten Myokardinfarkts bei älteren Patienten

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 166-171

  Bahrmann, P ^a,b   Heppner, H J ^a,b   Bahrmann, A ^c   Christ, M ^a   Bertsch, T ^a   Sieber, C C ^a,b  

^a KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Geriatrics; Myocardial infarction; Survival analysis; Troponin

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 79958833598     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-011-0196-z     Document Type: Article

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