Cardiovascular aging and psychometric performances: Correlations in a group of ultraseptagenarian elderly

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Maugeri, D ^a   Testai M ^a   Santangelo, A ^a   Abbate, S ^a   Bennati, E ^a   Bonanno, M R ^a   Lo Giudice, F ^a   Mamazza, C ^a   Panebianco, P ^a  

^a Sch Specialization Geriat C   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging of the heart; Echocardiography in elderly; Psychometric tests in elderly; Ventricular ejection fraction

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 8644249074     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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