Our population dynamics are changing. The number of octogenarians and older people in
the general population is increasing and therefore the number of older patients presenting …

Cardiac surgery is increasingly performed in elderly patients, and whilst the incidence of
common risk factors associated with poorer outcome increases with age, recent studies …

BACKGROUND: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important but often neglected
outcome measure in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) management. The prevalence of …

Background Endovascular revascularization with mechanical devices has proven an
effective treatment for proximal occlusions of the major intracranial arteries in stroke patients …

OBJECTIVE: To describe and outline audit and quality control activities of the multicentre
interventional and cardiac surgery registry in Victoria as a potential model for a national …

Background: The clinical outcomes of elderly patients (≥ 80 years old) undergoing
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has not been well established, despite recent …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Previous studies have demonstrated limited benefit with
endovascular procedures such as stent placement in octogenarians. We evaluated the …

Background: There is a paucity of data on the outcome of contemporary percutaneous
coronary intervention (PCI) in the elderly. Accordingly, we assessed the impact of age on …

Background Although octogenarians constitute a fast-growing portion of cardiovascular
patients, few data are available on the outcome of patients aged≥ 85 years with ST …

Aim Evidence of improved survival after use of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in
elderly patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is limited. We assessed the association …