Comparison of Elderly and Younger Patients With Out-of-Hospital Chest Pain

2482 consecutive adult emergency medical services patients with out-of-hospital chest pain who received prehospital electrocardiograms, stratified into younger (<70 years), elderly (≥70 years), and very elderly (≥80 years).

Elderly age (≥70 years or ≥80 years)

Younger age (<70 years)

Hospital mortality, use of thrombolytic therapy, and use of revascularization procedureshard clinical