Ischemic stroke in very old patients

Cardiovascular and Hematological Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-

  Zurrú, María Cristina ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; VERY ELDERLY; AGING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GERIATRICS; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; STROKE;

EID: 79959296575     PISSN: 1871529X     EISSN: 1871529X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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