Early invasive versus initial conservative treatment strategies in octogenarians with UA/NSTEMI

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Kolte, Dhaval ^a   Khera, Sahil ^a   Palaniswamy, Chandrasekar ^a   Mujib, Marjan ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^b   Ahmed, Ali ^c   Jain, Diwakar ^a   Frishman, William H ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Early invasive strategy; Non ST elevation myocardial infarction; Octogenarians; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SMOKING; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 84888113029     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.07.024     Document Type: Article

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