title: Acute myocardial infarction in the elderly.
abstract: Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in the elderly. In fact, the cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in women and the number two cause in men of 65 years or over in Japan. We studied the clinical characteristics and significances of acute myocardial infarction as they relate to the aged.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hiroshima City Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tateishi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dote
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sasaki
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D012737:Sex Factors