Bringing geriatric cardiology to the next level

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 125-126

  Forman, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGING; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART REHABILITATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHD; CV; CVD; GERIATRICS; HF; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOVASCULAR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHD; CORONARY HEART DISEASE; CV; CVD; HEART FAILURE; HF;

AGED; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84909630543     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: 18731740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2014.07.001     Document Type: Editorial

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