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Ionescu CN, Amuchastegui M, Ionescu S, Marcu CB, Donohue T. Treatment and outcomes of nonagenarians with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Journal Of Invasive Cardiology 2010, 22: 474-8. PMID: 20944186.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsST-elevation myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionReperfusion therapyMyocardial infarctionOutcome of nonagenariansMedical therapy groupAcute coronary syndromeMajority of patientsKaplan-Meier analysisProcedure-associated complicationsTreatment of patientsYears of ageHospital mortalityPCI groupCoronary syndromeCoronary interventionHospital dischargeOlder patientsSurvival benefitBetter prognosisCurrent guidelinesTherapy groupLower incidenceRetrospective analysisPatientsLong-term Outcome of Tako-tsubo Cardiomyopathy
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