Cardiovascular drug therapy in the elderly: benefits and challenges.

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Published in Nat Rev Cardiol on October 26, 2010

Authors

Jerome L Fleg1, Wilbert S Aronow, William H Frishman

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. flegj@nhlbi.nih.gov

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