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Importance of increasing age on the presentation and outcome of acute coronary syndromes in elderly patients

^* Department of Cardiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier curves of (A) survival and (B) survival free of hospitalization for septuagenarian and octogenarian patients.

View larger version (25K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Univariate predictors of (A) death (24 months) and (B) death/repeat hospitalization (16 months) (hazard ratios ± 95% confidence intervals). ACE = angiotensin-converting enzyme; BB = beta blocker; Ca = calcium; CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting; CAD = coronary artery disease; CVA/TIA = cerebrovascular accident/transient ischemic attack; FC (NYHA) = functional capacity (New York Heart Association classification); HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; MI = myocardial infarction; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention; revasc = revascularization; TC = total cholesterol.