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The role of invasive therapies in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction
- Source :
- Clinics, Vol 64, Iss 6, Pp 553-560 (2009)
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Elsevier España, 2009.
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Abstract
- INTRODUCTION: In elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction, very little is known about the role of surgical myocardial revascularization and percutaneous coronary intervention (invasive therapies - IT), especially in the context of long-term outcomes after hospital discharge. METHODS: We analyzed 1588 patients with MI who had been included prospectively in a databank and followed for up to 7.5 years. In this population, 548 patients were >70 years old (elderly group - EG), and 1040 were
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18075932 and 19805322
- Volume :
- 64
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Clinics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.35c3324ba1641659c14865e33289a16
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/S1807-59322009000600010