Decreased usage and increased effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention in complex older patients with acute coronary syndromes

Mauro Di Bari; Daniela Balzi; Stefania Fracchia; Alessandro Barchielli; Francesco Orso; Andrea Sori; Simona Spini; Nazario Carrabba; Giovanni M Santoro; Gian Franco Gensini; Niccolò Marchionni

doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2013-305445

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Coronary artery disease

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Decreased usage and increased effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention in complex older patients with acute coronary syndromes

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Mauro Di Bari Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Research Unit of Medicine of Aging, University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Daniela Balzi Epidemiology Unit, Local Health Unit 10, Florence, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stefania Fracchia Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Research Unit of Medicine of Aging, University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alessandro Barchielli Epidemiology Unit, Local Health Unit 10, Florence, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Francesco Orso Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Research Unit of Medicine of Aging, University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Andrea Sori Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Unit of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Simona Spini Cardiology Unit, Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Local Health Unit 10, Florence, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nazario Carrabba Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiology Unit 1, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Giovanni M Santoro Cardiology Unit, Nuovo San Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Local Health Unit 10, Florence, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gian Franco Gensini Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi IRCCS, Florence Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Niccolò Marchionni Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Research Unit of Medicine of Aging, University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Mauro Di Bari, Research Unit of Medicine of Aging, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini, 18, Florence 50139, Italy; mauro.dibari{at}unifi.it

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Di Bari M, Balzi D, Fracchia S For the Acute Myocardial Infarction in Florence 2 (AMI Florence-2) Working Group, et al

Decreased usage and increased effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention in complex older patients with acute coronary syndromes

Heart 2014;100:1537-1542.

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Received December 22, 2013
Revised April 25, 2014
Accepted April 29, 2014
First published May 26, 2014.

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May 30, 2016

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