Prior antiplatelet drug use and short-term mortality in older patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS)

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 214-217

  Zuliani, Giovanni ^a   Galvani, Matteo ^a   Bonetti, Francesco ^a   Prandini, Stefano ^a   Magon, Stefania ^a   Gasperini, Beatrice ^b   Ruggiero, Carmelinda ^b   Cherubini, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Antiplatelet agents; Mortality rate in stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TREND STUDY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 80054936002     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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