Contextualizing Myocardial Infarction: Comorbidities and Priorities in Older Adults

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1144-1147

  Krishnaswami, Ashok ^a,b   Maurer, Mathew S ^c   Alexander, Karen P ^d  

^a San Jose Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular care; Older adults; Value based geriatric care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN; TROPONIN T;

AGED; AMBIENT AIR; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALLING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELEMETRY; THORAX PAIN; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERY ELDERLY; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; COMPLICATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NON-ST ELEVATED MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NON-ST ELEVATED MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 85027171526     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.05.043     Document Type: Review

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