title: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention or Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Intervention in Older Persons with Acute Coronary Syndrome-Part I.
abstract: This is Part I of a two-part article on treatment of acute coronary syndrome in the older population. Part I analyzes the differential utilization of invasive therapies with respect to age and heart disease. Part II (to be published in the next issue of Clinical Geriatrics) will summarize information from the literature on acute coronary syndrome outcomes from invasive treatments (percutaneous coronary interventions or coronary artery bypass grafting) among older persons.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: Brett C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Sheridan
authors.forename: Sally C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Stearns
authors.forename: Mark W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Massing
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Stouffer
authors.forename: Laura P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: D'Arcy
authors.forename: Timothy S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Carey
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