Acute coronary syndromes in older patients: does older age matter?
Why the study?
Does invasive management improve survival in patients with NSTEMI aged 80 years or older compared to non-invasive management?
Population
Patients with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) aged 80 years or older
Comparison
Invasive management vs Non-invasive management
Design
Editorial
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Invasive management may offer a survival benefit over non-invasive management in octogenarians presenting with NSTEMI.
Structured PICO
Does invasive management improve survival in patients with NSTEMI aged 80 years or older compared to non-invasive management?
P
Population
Patients with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) aged 80 years or older
I
Intervention
Invasive management
C
Comparator
Non-invasive management
O
Outcome
Survivalhard clinical
Invasive management may offer a survival benefit over non-invasive management in octogenarians presenting with NSTEMI.
Cite This Study
Bendz et al. (2020) studied this question.