Reperfusion Strategies and Quality of Care in 5339 Patients Age 80 Years or Older Presenting With ST‐Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Analysis from Get With The Guidelines‐Coronary Artery Disease
Medina H, Cannon C, Fonarow G, Grau‐Sepulveda M, Hernandez A, Peacock W, Laskey W, Peterson E, Schwamm L, Bhatt D, Committee and Investigators O. Reperfusion Strategies and Quality of Care in 5339 Patients Age 80 Years or Older Presenting With ST‐Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Analysis from Get With The Guidelines‐Coronary Artery Disease. Clinical Cardiology 2012, 35: 632-640. PMID: 22744844, PMCID: PMC6652419, DOI: 10.1002/clc.22036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAged, 80 and overAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryAntihypertensive AgentsConfidence IntervalsCoronary Artery DiseaseFemaleFibrinolytic AgentsHospital MortalityHumansHypolipidemic AgentsMaleMyocardial InfarctionMyocardial ReperfusionOdds RatioPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsPractice Guidelines as TopicQuality of Health CareRegistriesThrombolytic TherapyConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionHospital mortalityReperfusion strategyNR patientsPatient ageUse of PCIGuidelines-Coronary Artery Disease databaseGuidelines-Coronary Artery DiseasePatients age 80 yearsST-elevation myocardial infarctionLower body mass indexGWTG-CAD hospitalsMain reperfusion strategyProportion of patientsPercutaneous coronary interventionAge 80 yearsBody mass indexLength of stayEvidence-based therapiesQuality of carePPCI patientsUnderwent thrombolysisHospital outcomesOld presentingRenal insufficiency