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Management of elderly patients with troponin positive chest pain in a District General Hospital

Author(s) -

Kulwinder Singh Sandhu,

Avtar Singh,

Sunil Nadar

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

cardiology journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.573

H-Index - 33

eISSN - 1897-5593

pISSN - 1898-018X

DOI - 10.5603/cj.2012.0071

Subject(s) - medicine , chest pain , acute coronary syndrome , percutaneous coronary intervention , atrial fibrillation , population , interventional cardiology , angioplasty , troponin , cardiology , emergency medicine , myocardial infarction , environmental health

The number of elderly patients that present with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is increasing, reflecting the growing number of people in the general population in this age group. The various guidelines do not generally specify a management strategy in this elderly group and the management is often at the discretion of the treating physician. We conducted an audit within our Cardiology Department to compare our practice of management of ACS in the elderly population based on the European Society of Cardiology guidelines.

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