2019
Sex-Based Differences in Presentation, Treatment, and Complications Among Older Adults Hospitalized for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Nanna MG, Hajduk AM, Krumholz HM, Murphy TE, Dreyer RP, Alexander KP, Geda M, Tsang S, Welty FK, Safdar B, Lakshminarayan DK, Chaudhry SI, Dodson JA. Sex-Based Differences in Presentation, Treatment, and Complications Among Older Adults Hospitalized for Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2019, 12: e005691. PMID: 31607145, PMCID: PMC6913190, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.119.005691.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overComorbidityDisability EvaluationFemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHealthcare DisparitiesHumansLife StyleMaleMyocardial RevascularizationNon-ST Elevated Myocardial InfarctionPatient AdmissionPrevalenceProspective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSex FactorsSocial Determinants of HealthST Elevation Myocardial InfarctionTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionSex-based differencesPercutaneous coronary interventionFunctional impairmentOlder adultsHospital complicationsCoronary interventionOlder patientsCoronary diseaseMyocardial infarctionAge-related functional impairmentsAge-associated functional impairmentsLower ratesPrior coronary diseaseObstructive coronary diseaseProspective observational studyNSTEMI subgroupSTEMI subgroupUnderwent revascularizationAcute myocardialChest painClinical presentationAMI subgroupRisk factorsHigh prevalence
2001
Acute myocardial infarction in the elderly: differences by age
Mehta R, Rathore S, Radford M, Wang Y, Wang Y, Krumholz H. Acute myocardial infarction in the elderly: differences by age. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2001, 38: 736-741. PMID: 11527626, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01432-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionAge-associated differencesElderly patientsClinical characteristicsAge groupsMyocardial infarctionThirty-day mortality rateMedicare beneficiaries ageOne-year mortalityPrior coronary diseaseProportion of patientsST-segment elevationOlder age groupsSignificant age-associated differencesChest painEffect of ageOlder patientsRenal insufficiencyCoronary diseaseHeart failureHospital admissionPatient characteristicsSuccessive age groupsSymptom onsetDiabetic patients