Primary PCI in the elderly: 75 may be the new 55!

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-58

  Newell, Marc C ^a   Henry, Timothy D ^a  

^a MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84255187246     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.23479     Document Type: Editorial

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