TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 76. Coronary Heart Disease
A1  - Peterson, Eric D.
A1  - Gharacholou, Shahyar M.
A2  - Halter, Jeffrey B.
A2  - Ouslander, Joseph G.
A2  - Tinetti, Mary E.
A2  - Studenski, Stephanie
A2  - High, Kevin P.
A2  - Asthana, Sanjay
Y1  - 2009
N1  - 
T2  - Hazzard's Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 6e
AB  - Data  from  the  National  Center  for  Health  Statistics  have  noted  that  the  life  expectancy  at  birth  in  the  United  States  reached  a  record  high  of  77.5  years  in  2003,  attributable,  in  part,  to  the  decline  in  mortality  from  heart  disease  during  the  past  three  decades.  Despite  this,  coronary  heart  disease  (CHD)  remains  the  leading  killer  of  both  men  and  women  in  the  United  States.  More  than  80%  of  CHD  deaths  occur  in  persons  older  than  65  years  of  age.  In  addition,  37%  of  recognized  acute  myocardial  infarctions  (MIs)  occur  in  those  older  than  75  years  of  age,  and,  although  these  account  for  roughly  6%  of  the  U.S.  population,  60%  of  all  MI-related  deaths  affect  elderly  patients  75  years  of  age  or  older.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2022/05/21
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=5125059
ER  -