Age-related differences in the use of guideline-recommended medical and interventional therapies for acute coronary syndromes: A cohort study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 510-516

  Schoenenberger, Andreas W ^a,b   Radovanovic, Dragana ^c   Stauffer, Jean Christophe ^d   Windecker, Stephan ^a   Urban, Philip ^e   Eberli, Franz R ^f   Stuck, Andreas E ^a,b   Gutzwiller, Felix ^c   Erne, Paul ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e LA TOUR HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g University Hospital ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aged 80 and over; Cohort studies; Coronary angiography; Elderly; Myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; NITRATE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SWITZERLAND; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEMATOLOGIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SWITZERLAND; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 40149084164     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01589.x     Document Type: Article

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