Management and Outcomes in the Elderly with Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes Admitted to Spoke Hospitals with No Catheterization Laboratory Facility.

Alessandro Malagoli Gianluca Calogero CampoElisa GuerriFrancesco MancaMassimo CalzolariGiovanni TortorellaSergio Musto D'AmoreGianluca PignatelliVincenzo Guiducci Alessandro Navazio

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)

An invasive strategy may confer a survival benefit in the elderly with NSTE-ACS. The same-day transfer between a spoke hospital and a hub centre with a cath-lab facility (service strategy) is safe and may grant access to the cath-lab in a timely fashion, even for the elderly.

Keyphrases

acute coronary syndrome
middle aged
healthcare
community dwelling
mental health
long term care
percutaneous coronary intervention
emergency department
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
coronary artery disease
network analysis
insulin resistance