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Myocardial Infarction in Centenarians. Data from The Polish Registry of Acute Coronary Syndromes

A DesperakLech PolońskiAndrzej WesterMariusz GąsiorWojciech WojakowskiAdam WitkowskiJacek PiegzaMarianna JanionDariusz DudekWiesław Mazurek

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medicine.medical_specialtyMultivariate analysismedicine.medical_treatmentlcsh:Medicine030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyelderlyArticle03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineInternal medicinemedicine030212 general & internal medicineMyocardial infarctionStrokeEjection fractionbusiness.industryMortality ratelcsh:RHazard ratiopercutaneous coronary interventionPercutaneous coronary interventionGeneral Medicinemyocardial infarction; elderly; centenarians; percutaneous coronary interventionmedicine.diseaseConfidence intervalmyocardial infarctionCardiologycentenariansbusiness

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Background: There are no data regarding the mortality rate, risks and benefits of particular reperfusion methods and pharmacological treatment complications in patients aged over 100 years with acute coronary syndromes. We sought to assess the treatment of myocardial infarction (MI) in patients older than 100 years and to determine prognostic factors for this group. Methods: Among the 716,566 patients recorded between 2003 and 2018 in the Polish Registry of Acute Coronary Syndromes, 104 patients aged &ge

10.3390/jcm9103377http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm9103377