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ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2014

Factors related to the use of reperfusion strategies in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Gui-yan Yi, Xing-guang Zhang, Jian Zhang, Xian Wang

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Gui-yan Yi
Xing-guang Zhang
Jian Zhang
Xian WangDepartment of Cardiology, Beijing military general hospital, No, 5 Nan Men Cang Dongcheng Distrct, 100700 Beijing, China. wangxianscience@163.com.

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backgroundAbout eighty percent of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) cases occur in the elderly, we aim to examine the use of reperfusion strategies in elderly patients (≥65 years) with AMI and to investigate the factors affecting the use of these strategies.

methodsA total of 352 consecutive elderly patients (≥65 years) with ST-elevated AMI (STAMI) were admitted, they were divided into 2 groups based on reperfusion treatment (thrombolysis or percutaneous coronary intervention, PCI): reperfusion therapy group (n = 268) and non-reperfusion therapy group (n = 84). Demographic and medical data were collected for comparison. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence interval (C.I.) were calculated directly from the estimated regression coefficients.

resultsAbout 76.1% of the elderly patients with AMI received reperfusion treatment (62.5% received PCI, and 13.6% received thrombolysis). Stepwise Logistic regression analysis revealed that a patient age ≥75 years (95% CI: 0.194 ~ 0.590, OR = 0.338, P = 0.000) and medical history of angina (95% CI: 0.281 ~ 0.928, OR = 0.501, P = 0.014) were determining factors for receiving less reperfusion therapy. Complications including right ventricular myocardial infarction (MI) (95% CI: 1.618 ~ 12.907, OR = 4.472, P = 0.003), unbearable symptoms (95% CI: 1.132 ~ 3.928, OR = 1.839, P = 0.021) and medical insurance (95% CI: 1.313 ~ 4.524, OR = 2.429, P = 0.004) were independent predictors of reperfusion therapy. The reperfusion therapy subset analysis revealed that intracranial hemorrhage (2.7% vs. 8.3%, P = 0.000), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <45% (13.2% vs. 29.2%, P = 0.019) and mortality rate within 1 year (2.7% vs. 6.3%, P = 0.045) were significantly decreased in the PCI group as compared with thrombolysis.

conclusionElderly patients with a medical history of angina, right ventricular MI, unbearable symptoms and medical insurance are likely be recipients of reperfusion strategies.

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AgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMyocardial InfarctionMyocardial ReperfusionPercutaneous Coronary InterventionThrombolytic Therapy

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