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dc.contributor.authorGroarke, J D
dc.contributor.authorBlake, G
dc.contributor.authorMcCann, H
dc.contributor.authorSugrue, D
dc.contributor.authorMahon, N
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-13T09:41:35Z
dc.date.available2011-07-13T09:41:35Z
dc.date.issued2010-11
dc.identifier.citationIncreasing cardiac interventions among the aged., 103 (10):308-10 Ir Med Jen
dc.identifier.issn0332-3102
dc.identifier.pmid21560503
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/135951
dc.description.abstractIreland's over 65 year population is growing. As incidence of coronary events rises with age, there is a growing population of elderly patients with cardiac disease. The changing age profile of patients treated by a tertiary hospital's Cardiology service was quantified using Hospital Inpatient Enquiry data. 53% of CCU admissions were aged > or = 65 years, with admissions aged > or = 85 years in 2008 four times greater than in 2002. Percentages of patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary interventions in 1997 aged > or = 70 years were 19% and 18% respectively. By 2007, these percentages had risen to 31% and 34% respectively--greatest increases were in the very elderly age categories. The proportion of ICD recipients aged > 70 years increased from 8% in 2003 to 25% by 2008. The proportion of elderly patients receiving advanced cardiac care is increasing. This trend will continue and has clear resource implications. Outcomes of interventions in the very old need further investigation, since the 'old old' are under-represented in clinical trials.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21560503en
dc.subject.meshAge Distribution
dc.subject.meshAged
dc.subject.meshAged, 80 and over
dc.subject.meshAngioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
dc.subject.meshCoronary Angiography
dc.subject.meshCoronary Care Units
dc.subject.meshCoronary Disease
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshIreland
dc.subject.meshPatient Admission
dc.titleIncreasing cardiac interventions among the aged.en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Cardiology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles St, Dublin 7. johngroarke1@eircom.neten
dc.identifier.journalIrish medical journalen
dc.description.provinceLeinster
refterms.dateFOA2018-08-22T13:02:53Z
html.description.abstractIreland's over 65 year population is growing. As incidence of coronary events rises with age, there is a growing population of elderly patients with cardiac disease. The changing age profile of patients treated by a tertiary hospital's Cardiology service was quantified using Hospital Inpatient Enquiry data. 53% of CCU admissions were aged > or = 65 years, with admissions aged > or = 85 years in 2008 four times greater than in 2002. Percentages of patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary interventions in 1997 aged > or = 70 years were 19% and 18% respectively. By 2007, these percentages had risen to 31% and 34% respectively--greatest increases were in the very elderly age categories. The proportion of ICD recipients aged > 70 years increased from 8% in 2003 to 25% by 2008. The proportion of elderly patients receiving advanced cardiac care is increasing. This trend will continue and has clear resource implications. Outcomes of interventions in the very old need further investigation, since the 'old old' are under-represented in clinical trials.


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