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The Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly: Morbidity, Mortality, and Costs

Ali Yazdanyar, +1 more
- 01 Nov 2009 - 
- Vol. 25, Iss: 4, pp 563-577
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An overview of the epidemiology of CVD in older adults is provided, including an assessment of the impact of CVC on mortality, morbidity, and health care costs.
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This article is published in Clinics in Geriatric Medicine.The article was published on 2009-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 449 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Successful aging & Population.

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Cardiovascular Risks Associated with Gender and Aging.

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Population-level COVID-19 mortality risk for non-elderly individuals overall and for non-elderly individuals without underlying diseases in pandemic epicenters.

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