The Role of Invasive Therapies in Elderly Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

In elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction, very little is known about the role of surgical myocardial revascularization and percutaneous coronary intervention (invasive therapies - IT), especially in the context of long-term outcomes after hospital discharge. We analyzed 1588 patients wit...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinics (São Paulo, Brazil) Brazil), 2009-06, Vol.64 (6), p.553-560
Hauptverfasser:	Nicolau, José C., Lemos, Pedro A., Wajngarten, Maurício, Giraldez, Roberto R., Serrano, Carlos V., Martinez, Eulógio E., Baracioli, Luciano M., Kalil, Roberto, Jatene, Fábio B., Dallan, Luis A., Puig, Luis B., Stolf, Noedir A.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Factors Aged Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - mortality Clinical Science Coronary Artery Bypass - mortality Coronary artery bypass surgery Elderly population Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Long-Term Care Long-term outcome Male MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL Myocardial infarction Myocardial Infarction - mortality Myocardial Infarction - therapy Percutaneous coronary intervention Prospective Studies Sex Factors Survival Rate Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	In elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction, very little is known about the role of surgical myocardial revascularization and percutaneous coronary intervention (invasive therapies - IT), especially in the context of long-term outcomes after hospital discharge. We analyzed 1588 patients with MI who had been included prospectively in a databank and followed for up to 7.5 years. In this population, 548 patients were ≥70 years old (elderly group - EG), and 1040 were
ISSN:	1807-5932 1980-5322 1980-5322
DOI:	10.1590/S1807-59322009000600010