Better treatment and improved prognosis in elderly patients with AMI: But do registers tell the whole truth?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 562-563

  Rosengren, Annika ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 84857989305     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr364     Document Type: Editorial

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