Geriatric cardiology in one's own backyard?

Martin E W Hemels^{1

2}, Gerard J Blauw^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Rijnstate Hospital Arnhem, Arnhem, The Netherlands. mhemels@rijnstate.nl.
² Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. mhemels@rijnstate.nl.
³ Department of Internal Medicine-Geriatrics, Haaglanden Medical Center, Den Haag, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine-Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Editorial

Martin E W Hemels et al. Neth Heart J. 2024 Feb.

. 2024 Feb;32(2):68-69.

doi: 10.1007/s12471-023-01841-9. Epub 2023 Dec 19.

Martin E W Hemels^{1

2}, Gerard J Blauw^{3

4}

¹ Department of Cardiology, Rijnstate Hospital Arnhem, Arnhem, The Netherlands. mhemels@rijnstate.nl.
² Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. mhemels@rijnstate.nl.
³ Department of Internal Medicine-Geriatrics, Haaglanden Medical Center, Den Haag, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine-Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

M.E.W. Hemels and G.J. Blauw declare that they have no competing interests.

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