Why the study?
Older patients presenting with NSTEACS require holistic assessment, motivating evaluation of health-related quality of life among older, frail adults undergoing coronary angiography.
Does invasive management improve health-related quality of life in older, frail adults with NSTEACS?
Population
217 patients aged ≥65 years with NSTEACS referred for coronary angiography
Comparison
Patients stratified by frailty: robust vs prefrail vs frail
Design
Two-centre longitudinal cohort study
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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Suggests greater QoL gains from invasive NSTEACS care in frail patients; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation.
Does invasive management improve health-related quality of life in older, frail adults with NSTEACS?
Invasive management for NSTEACS in older adults is associated with modest improvements in health-related quality of life at 1 year, with frail and prefrail patients deriving proportionally larger benefits than robust patients.
Beska et al. (2021) studied this question.
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