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Table of Content - Volume 12 Issue 3 - December 2018


 

Clinical profile of myocardial infarction in elderly of rural population

 

Niveditha Alok Swamy1*, B Kerodi2, M S Mulimani3, A P Ambali4, S R Raiker5

 

1Senior Resident, Ramaiah Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Bijapur, Karnataka, INDIA.

2Senior Resident, 3,4Professor, B.L.D.E.U’s SHRI. B. M. Patil Medical College Hospital And Research Centre Bijapur , Karnataka, INDIA.

Email: nitukerodi@gmail.com

 

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