Decreased usage and increased effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention in complex older patients with acute coronary syndromes

Heart

Volumn 100, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 1537-1542

  Di Bari, Mauro ^a   Balzi, Daniela ^b   Fracchia, Stefania ^a   Barchielli, Alessandro ^b   Orso, Francesco ^a   Sori, Andrea ^c   Spini, Simona ^d   Carrabba, Nazario ^e   Santoro, Giovanni M ^f   Gensini, Gian Franco ^e   Marchionn, Niccolò ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit 10   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ONSET AGE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84901083591     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-305445     Document Type: Article

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