An initial invasive strategy in older patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes: it is never too late

Graphical AbstractOpen in new tabDownload slideOutcomes with invasive vs. conservative strategies in older patients with NSTE-ACS. Damman et al. reported aggregated results from FRISC-II, ICTUS and RITA3 trials in patients ≥75 years, Tegn et al. (After Eighty trial) enrolled exclusively patients ≥80 years, Kotanidis and colleagues aggregated data from trials including only older patients (>70 years).1,10,11 MI = myocardial infarction, NSTE-ACS = non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes.