Percutaneous coronary intervention after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in nonagenarians: Use rates and in-hospital mortality

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1207-1208

  Mandawat, Aditya ^b   Mandawat, Anant ^c   Mandawat, Mahendra K ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; HEART INFARCTION; MORTALITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION;

EID: 84877155312     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.12.019     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Alexander KP, Newby LK, Armstrong PW, et al. Acute coronary care in the elderly, part II: ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction: a scientific statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology: in collaboration with the Society of Geriatric Cardiology. Circulation 2007;115:2570-89.
2. Hall WH, Ramachandran R, Narayan S, Jani AB, Vijayakumar S. An electronic application for rapidly calculating Charlson comorbidity score. BMC Cancer 2004;4:94.
3. Ionescu CN, Amuchastegui M, Ionescu S, Marcu CB, Donohue T. Treatment and outcomes of nonagenarians with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. J Invasive Cardiol 2010;22:474-8.
4. Hendler A, Katz M, Gurevich Y, et al. 30-day outcome after percutaneous coronary angioplasty in nonagenarians: feasibility and specific considerations in different clinical settings. J Invasive Cardiol 2011;23:521- 4.
5. Antonsen L, Jensen LO, Terkelsen CJ, et al. Outcomes after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in octogenarians and nonagenarians with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction from the western Denmark heart registry. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv Aug 6 2012 [E-pub ahead of print].