Risk stratification in very old adults: How to best gauge risk as the basis of management choices for patients aged over 80

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 197-203

  Bell, Susan P ^a   Saraf, Avantika ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Elderly; Multimorbidity; Polypharmacy; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FRAILTY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOPENIA; SMOKING; VERY ELDERLY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MULTIMORBIDITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK STRATIFICATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ELDERLY; MULTIMORBIDITY; POLYPHARMACY; RISK STRATIFICATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84909582202     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: 18731740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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