Geriatric Cardiology: An Emerging Discipline

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1056-1064

  Dodson, John A ^a   Matlock, Daniel D ^b   Forman, Daniel E ^c,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; AGED; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84979759247     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2016.03.019     Document Type: Review

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