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A Systematic Review of Direct Cardiovascular Event Costs: An International Perspective
ConclusionsThere was considerable unexplained variation in contemporary costs for all major cardiovascular events. One emerging theme was that average costs in the USA were considerably higher than anywhere else.
Source: PharmacoEconomics - April 3, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Characteristics and Outcome of Patients ≥75 Years of Age with Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Admitted for an Acute Coronary Syndrome
The prognostic role of prior coronary artery bypass (CABG) in elderly patients admitted to hospital for an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the prognosis of patients aged ≥75 years admitted for an ACS with or without prior history of CABG. The primary outcome of the study was a composite of overall mortality, recurrent non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI), non-fatal stroke and re-hospitalization for heart failure at 1-year follow-up. We included 2253 ACS patients, aged 81 (78-85) years enrolled in three multicentre studies (the Italian Elderly ACS study, the LADIES...
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - April 1, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Nuccia Morici, Roberta De Rosa, Gabriele Crimi, Leonardo De Luca, Luca A. Ferri, Laura Lenatti, Luigi Piatti, Giovanni Tortorella, Daniele Grosseto, Nicoletta Franco, Irene Bossi, Claudio Montalto, Roberto Antonicelli, Gianfranco Alicandro, Giuseppe De Lu Source Type: research