Early aggressive versus initially conservative treatment in elderly patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: A randomized controlled trial

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 906-916

  Savonitto, Stefano ^a   Cavallini, Claudio ^b   Petronio, A Sonia ^c   Murena, Ernesto ^d   Antonicelli, Roberto ^e   Sacco, Alice ^f   Steffenino, Giuseppe ^g   Bonechi, Francesco ^h   Mossuti, Ernesto ⁱ   Manari, Antonio ^a   Tolaro, Salvatore ^j   Toso, Anna ^k   Daniotti, Alessandro ^l   Piscione, Federico ^m   Morici, Nuccia ^f   Cesana, Bruno M ⁿ   Jori, M Cristina ^o   De Servi, Stefano ^p  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^d Ospedale S Maria delle Grazie   (Italy)

^e INRCA   (Italy)

^f OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^g S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h Ospedale San Giuseppe   (Italy)

ⁱ Osp Umberto I   (Italy)

^j Centro Cuore Morgagni   (Italy)

^k MISERICORDIA E DOLCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^o Mediolanum Cardio Research   (Italy)

^p Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

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Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; angioplasty; elderly; revascularization; treatment

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DEATH; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STROKE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT READMISSION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPONIN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84866411399     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: 18767605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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