Non-cardiac comorbidities in the very elderly with acute myocardial infarction: Prevalence and influence on management and in-hospital mortality;Co-morbilidades não cardíacas no enfarte agudo do miocárdio nos doentes muito idosos: Prevalência, influência na abordagem e mortalidade intra-hospitalar destes doentes

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 379-392

  Piçarra, Bruno Cordeiro ^a   Santos, Ana Rita ^a   Celeiro, Margarida ^a   Bento, Ângela ^a   Dionísio, Pedro ^a   Semedo, Pedro ^a   Fernandes, Renato ^a   Caeiro, Agostinho ^a   Soares, Rui ^a   Trinca, Manuel ^a   Jara, António ^a  

^a Hospital do Espirito Santo   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Comorbidities; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; NITRATE; STATIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; THERAPY EFFECT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79959281594     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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