Abstract

PEMBERTHY-LOPEZ, Carolina et al. Risk stratification for coronary disease in old adults. Rev. Colomb. Cardiol. [online]. 2016, vol.23, n.4, pp.286-292. ISSN 0120-5633.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rccar.2015.12.007.

Old adult population has suffered from under-representation in different clinical studies, thus affecting knowledge regarding best treatments for this age group. Reasons to exclude this type of patients in those studies are based on the increased likelihood of presenting more adverse effects, thus raising the complexity of results analysis. It is necessary to use valid scales that can allow to assess the real risk for these patients to develop complications secondary to invasive procedures. Scales such as: CRUSADE, Italian Elderly ACS, THE STORM and French Consensus reveal that stratification of these patients allows for and objective determination of the population of old adults that benefit from an intensive surgery to improve outcomes.

Keywords : Coronary disease; Elderly; Age.

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