Acute myocardial infarction in progressively elderly patients. A comparative analysis of immediate results in patients who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 58-62

  Mottos, Luiz Alberto ^a,b   Zago, Alexandre ^a   Chaves, Áurea ^a   Pinto, Ibraim ^a   Tanajura, Luiz ^a   Staico, Rodolfo ^a   Centemero, Marinella ^a   Feres, Fausto ^a   Maldonado, Galo ^a   Cano, Manoel ^a   Abizaid, Andréa ^a   Abizaid, Alexandre ^a   Sousa, Amanda G M R ^a   Sousa, J Eduardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Elderly; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862719296     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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