Short and Long Term Mortality Predictors in Octogenarians with Acute Coronary Syndromes.

CONCLUSION: It would be reasonable to pay further attention to octogenarians with acute coronary syndrome if they are presenting with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction, and have hypotension, impaired left ventricular function, hyponatremia, atrial fibrillation or renal dysfunction, which are associated with increased mortality.
PMID: 29959882 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Clinical and Investigative Medicine - June 30, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Atas H, Tigen K, Ozben B, Kartal F, Gurel E, Atas DB, Sari İ, Basaran Y Tags: Clin Invest Med Source Type: research