Influence of reperfusion therapy on prognosis in patients aged >or=89 years with acute myocardial infarction.
There is no evidence on the efficacy of reperfusion therapies on nonagenarian patients who have acute myocardial infarction. The present study suggests that such therapies may not be useful and that thrombolysis may even be harmful.
Martínez-Sellés
Manuel
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Division of Cardiology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. mmselles@navegalia.com <mmselles@navegalia.com>
Datino
Tomás
T
Bueno
Héctor
H
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011379:Prognosis; D012042:Registries; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D016019:Survival Analysis