Platelet count predicts cardiovascular mortality in very elderly patients with myocardial infarction

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 332-340

  Goliasch, Georg ^a,b   Forster, Stefan ^a   El Hamid, Feras ^a   Sulzgruber, Patrick ^a   Meyer, Nicolai ^a   Siostrzonek, Peter ^c   Maurer, Gerald ^a   Niessner, Alexander ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Wien Betriebsgesellschaft   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Cardiovascular mortality; Elderly; Platelet count

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PLATELETS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84875375893     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eci.12049     Document Type: Article

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