Frailty and outcome in elderly patients with acute coronary syndrome

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1610-1615

  Graham, Michelle M ^a   Galbraith, P Diane ^c   O'Neill, Deirdre ^a   Rolfson, Darryl B ^a   Dando, Candace ^b   Norris, Colleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; EDMONTON FRAIL SCALE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84888303564     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.08.016     Document Type: Article

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