Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients≥ 80
years of age. Nonetheless, older patients have typically been under-represented in …

Due to the increase in average life expectancy and the higher incidence of cardiovascular
disease with advancing age, more elderly patients present for cardiac surgery nowadays …

The recommendations listed in this CPG are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive evidence review was conducted through October 2012, and other selected …

The recommendations listed in this CPG are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive evidence review was conducted through October 2012, and other selected …

Over the decade since the original scientific statement was published, there has been an
explosion of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) addressing secondary prevention of …

Background and Purpose—The risk of stroke after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is
known to increase dramatically with age. During recent years, the age of patients operated …

As old patients, who were treated by percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) for ST-
segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), are regularly excluded or …

In contemporary practice, more than one in five patients treated with percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI) are aged≥ 75 years and the proportion of elderly individuals in the …

Background Elderly patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)
constitute a particular risk group in relation to primary percutaneous coronary intervention …

The proportion of the elderly in the total population of the world is growing, and the number
of elderly patients with coronary chronic total occlusions (CTO) is huge. The elderly patients …