Implementation of the ESC STEMI guidelines in female and elderly patients over a 20-year period in a large German registry.
Leonhard RiehleRaffaella M GotheJan EbbinghausBirga MaierLeonhard BruchJens-Uwe RöhnischHelmut SchühlenAndreas FriedMartin StockburgerHeinz TheresHenryk DregerDavid M LeistnerUlf LandmesserGeorg M FröhlichPublished in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2023)
In-hospital mortality differs considerably by age and sex and remains highest in elderly patients and in particular in elderly females. In these patient groups, guideline recommended therapies were implemented with a significant delay.