Frailty is independently associated with 1-year mortality for elderly patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1216-1224

  Ekerstad, Niklas ^a,d   Swahn, Eva ^a   Janzon, Magnus ^a   Alfredsson, Joakim ^a   Löfmark, Rurik ^b   Lindenberger, Marcus ^c   Andersson, David ^a   Carlsson, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d NU County Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly; frailty; mortality; myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; AGE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84907500344     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487313490257     Document Type: Article

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