The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 90-97 , January 2007

Trends in Management, Hospital and Long-Term Outcomes of Elderly Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

  • Shmuel Gottlieb, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Department, Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem
    • Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Shmuel Gottlieb, MD, Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel 52621.
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  • Solomon Behar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer
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  • Hanoch Hod, MD

      Affiliations

    • Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer
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  • Doron Zahger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Department, Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva
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  • Jonathan Leor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer
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  • David Hasdai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Department, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah-Tikva
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  • Haim Hammerman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Department, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa
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  • Silviu Wagner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Geriatric Department, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer
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  • Amir Sandach, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer
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  • Roseline Schwartz, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer
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  • Manfred S. Green, MD

      Affiliations

    • Israeli Center for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Israel.
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  • Abraham Adunsky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Geriatric Department, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer
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  • Intensive Cardiac Care Working Group of the Israel Heart Society

Received 22 March 2006 ,Revised 15 September 2006 ,Accepted 20 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.09.018

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 90-97 , January 2007

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