Percutaneous coronary intervention in the elderly

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 199, Issue , 2015, Pages 342-355

  Sandhu, Kully ^a   Nadar, Sunil K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Elderly; Percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; BARE METAL STENT; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NON ST ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ST ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; AGE; ANGINA, STABLE; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, STABLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION;

EID: 84941591675     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.188     Document Type: Review

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