Elderly patients with acute coronary syndromes admitted to Italian intensive cardiac care units: a Blitz-3 Registry sub-analysis

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 165-174

  Casella, Gianni ^a   Scorcu, Giampaolo ^b   Cassin, Matteo ^c   Chiarella, Francesco ^d   Chinaglia, Alessandra ^e   Conte, Maria R ^f   Fradella, Giuseppe ^g   Lucci, Donata ^h   Maggioni, Aldo P ^h   Visconti, Luigi O ⁱ  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b San Michele Hospital   (Italy)

^c S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d SANTA CORONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Maria Vittoria Hospital   (Italy)

^f MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h ANMCO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

ⁱ FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Elderly; Outcome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; CORONARY REPERFUSION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856456283     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: 15582035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3283515be3     Document Type: Article

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