acute coronary syndrome - myocardial revascularization - Elderly patients clinical trials results meta-analysis

<h1> <a href="TM16-1-myocardial revascularization-acute coronary syndrome" > <strong>acute coronary syndrome</strong> - myocardial revascularization </a> - Elderly patients trial results systematic overview and meta-analysis </h1> <h2>Main characteristics of the included studies</h2> <table> <tr> <th>Trial</th> <th>Treatments</th> <th>Patients</th> <th>Methods</th> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="../TRC_t8546.htm"> TACTICS-TIMI 18 elderly (sub group), 2001 </a> <br> </td> <td> early invasive management strategy <br>  <i>versus</i> <br> conservative management strategy </td> <td> patients 65 years of age and older with unstable angina and non–STsegment elevation myocardial infarction </td> <td> follow-up 6 mo<br> n=491/471<br> <br> open <br> 9 countries </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="../TRC_t7195.htm"> the Italian Elderly ACS study, 0 </a> <br> NCT00510185 </td> <td> early aggressive approach<br>  <i>versus</i> <br> initially conservative approach </td> <td> patients older than 74 years of age with NSTEACS </td> <td> follow-up <br> n=-9/-9<br> <br> <br> </td> </tr> </table> <h2>References</h2> <p> <b>the Italian Elderly ACS study, 0 : </b> Savonitto S, De Servi S, Petronio AS, Bolognese L, Cavallini C, Greco C, Indolfi C, Visconti LO, Piscione F, Ambrosio G, Galvani M, Marzocchi A, Santilli I, Steffenino G, Maseri AEarly aggressive vs. initially conservative treatment in elderly patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome: the Italian Elderly ACS study. <i>J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2008;9:217-26</i> [PMID 18301136] </p> <p> <b>TACTICS-TIMI 18 elderly (sub group), 2001 : </b> Bach RG, Cannon CP, Weintraub WS, DiBattiste PM, Demopoulos LA, Anderson HV, DeLucca PT, Mahoney EM, Murphy SA, Braunwald EThe effect of routine, early invasive management on outcome for elderly patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. <i>Ann Intern Med 2004;141:186-95</i> [PMID 15289215] </p>