Clinical Presentation and Outcomes in Real-Life Management of Elderly Patients Aged ≥75 Years Presenting with Acute Myocardial Infarction

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to provide insight into the real-life clinical presentation and outcomes of the elderly presenting with acute myocardial infarction from the Turkish Myocardial Infarction registry database.

METHODS: TURKMI was a nationwide, multicenter, observational, 15-day snapshot registry conducted to address the management of acute myocardial infarction patients admitted to percutaneous intervention-capable hospitals. The present analysis included the comparison of consecutively enrolled acute myocardial infarction patients aged ≥75 and <75 years.

RESULTS: Of the overall 1930 patients, 362 patients were aged ≥75 years. Elderly patients were more likely to have hypertension and renal failure and less likely to have hypercholesterolemia. Elderly patients were admitted to hospitals almost 1 hour later mainly due to a late call to emergency medical service. At discharge, medical therapies were significantly less prescribed to the elderly. The proportion of patients undergoing coronary angiography was significantly lower in elderly (81.8% vs. 96.4%, P < .001). Both in-hospital and 1-year mortality were significantly higher in elderly patients (9.1% vs. 2.7% and 22.7% vs. 5.8%, P < .001 respectively). The adjusted risk of 1-year mortality was 4-fold in elderly (hazard ratio and 95% CI 4.0 [2.9-5.6], P < .001). In multivariate analysis, every 5-beat/min increase in heart rate increased mortality by 7%. Higher heart rate and use of antiplatelet agents on admission were predictors of mortality in elderly.

CONCLUSION: In real-life settings, elderly patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction are prone to prolonged total ischemic time and are subjected to less-intensive medical treatment and interventional approaches. Besides age, the increased heart rate could be the major determinant of mortality.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Anatolian journal of cardiology - 26(2022), 4 vom: 30. Apr., Seite 286-297

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Özdoğan, Öner [VerfasserIn]
Kayıkçıoğlu, Meral [VerfasserIn]
Kılıçkap, Mustafa [VerfasserIn]
Ekmekçi, Cenk [VerfasserIn]
Küçükukur, Murat [VerfasserIn]
Yalçın, Ahmet Arif [VerfasserIn]
Erol, Mustafa Kemal [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors

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Date Completed 20.04.2022

Date Revised 27.08.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.5152/AnatolJCardiol.2021.1096

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM339652527