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Characteristics, Treatment Practices, And In-Hospital Outcomes Of Older Adults Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Han-Yang Chen, David Mcmanus, Jane Saczynski, Jerry Gurwitz, Joel Gore, Jorge Yarzebski, Robert Goldberg
Characteristics, Treatment Practices, And In-Hospital Outcomes Of Older Adults Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Han-Yang Chen, David Mcmanus, Jane Saczynski, Jerry Gurwitz, Joel Gore, Jorge Yarzebski, Robert Goldberg
Jorge L. Yarzebski
OBJECTIVES: To examine overall and decade-long trends (1999-2009), characteristics, treatment practices, and hospital outcomes in individuals aged 65 and older hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and to describe how these factors varied in the youngest, middle, and oldest-old individuals.
DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study.
SETTING: Population-based Worcester Heart Attack Study.
MEASUREMENTS: Analyses were conducted to examine the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, cardiac treatments, and hospital outcomes of older adults in three age strata (65-74, 75-84, > /=85).
PARTICIPANTS: The study sample consisted of 3,851 individuals aged 65 and older hospitalized with AMI every other year between 1999 and 2009; 32% were …