Assessment and characteristics of the clinical process and outcomes of acute coronary syndrome in elderly patients /

193 consecutive patients older than 75 years with ACS were included in the study. Clinical process characteristics of acute coronary syndrome in elderly patients have been assessed in this study; the relation between patient survival and clinical process characteristics as well as treatment methods has been established. For this purpose the survival of elderly patients with acute coronary syndrome and, also, the frequency of MACE (major adverse cardiovascular events) during the 3 years after acute coronary syndrome has been analysed. The assessment of the patient group homogeneity according to the age group, acute coronary syndrome forms and GRACE risk has been performed. The analysis and comparison of the patients who received and those who did not receive invasive treatment, as well as the characteristics of their acute coronary syndrome clinical progress and outcomes have been presented in this study. The links between the patient survival and the factors of patient history, clinical progress and treatment have been established. The comparison of the patients with acute coronary syndrome who survived with the ones who did not survive based on the various factors of their history, clinical progress and treatment subject to the invasive or conservative treatment received has been provided. Thus, the study searched for the factors having various impacts on the patients survival depending on the treatment – invasive or conservative – received.

Grantor dc:publisher

Institutional Repository of Vilnius University

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Kūgienė, Rasa,

Contributors dc:contributor

• Laucevičius, Aleksandras

• Acute coronary syndrome ; elderly ; outcomes.

Statement dc:rights

• info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Language dc:language

eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.vu.lt/VU:ELABAETD1996563&prefLang=en_US

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vu.lt:elaba:1996563