Key result
Older age in IHD linked to lower referral for exercise testing and angiography.
Why the study?
Does older age reduce access to cardiological investigations and treatments in patients with ischaemic heart disease?
Population
712 elective and emergency in-patients with an ICD-10 code of ischaemic heart disease, angina pectoris or…
Comparison
Older age vs Younger age
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
12 months backwards and forwards from entry
Authors
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May indicate age-related disparities in diagnostic access; leaves open whether this reflects bias or appropriate selection.
Observational (n=712)
No
Does older age reduce access to cardiological investigations and treatments in patients with ischaemic heart disease?
Older patients with ischaemic heart disease face reduced access to diagnostic investigations like exercise testing and angiography compared to younger patients, indicating potential ageism in clinical management.
Bond et al. (2003) conducted an observational in Ischaemic heart disease, angina pectoris or acute myocardial infarction (n=712). Older age vs. Young age was evaluated on Access to exercise testing, coronary angiography, revascularisation, and thrombolysis. Older age in hospital patients with ischaemic heart disease was associated with a lower likelihood of referral for exercise tolerance tests and cardiac catheterisation and angiography.
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