Modalities of treatment and 30-day outcomes of unselected patients older than 75 years with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Data from the BLITZ study

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1045-1051

  De Luca, Leonardo ^a   Bolognese, Leonardo ^b   Casella, Gianni ^c   Savonitto, Stefano ^d   Gonzini, Lucio ^e   Di Chiara, Antonio ^f   De Servi, Stefano ^g   Notaristefano, Salvatore ^h   Valagussa, Laura ⁱ   Maggioni, Aldo P ^e   Chiarella, Francesco ^j  

^a EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^c MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^e ANMCO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^f SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^h Division of Cardiology   (Italy)

ⁱ SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j SANTA CORONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Elderly; Management; Primary angioplasty; Prognosis; Stelevation myocardial infarction; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; STREPTOKINASE; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TICLOPIDINE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPERFUSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STROKE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; ITALY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY CARE UNITS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55249120049     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32830eb6eb     Document Type: Article

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