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ZULFIQAR AA, KERIF M (2018) ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) in the Elderly over 75 Years: Retrospective Study in a General Hospital. Int Arch Intern Med 2:010. doi:10.23937/iaim-2017/1710010

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© 2018 ZULFIQAR AA, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

BRIEF REPORT | OPEN ACCESSDOI: 10.23937/iaim-2017/1710010

ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) in the Elderly over 75 Years: Retrospective Study in a General Hospital

Abrar-Ahmad ZULFIQAR MD, MSc1* and Marphy KERIF MD2

1Department of Internal Medicine-Geriatrics-Therapeutics, University Hospital of Rouen, France

2Department of Emergency Unit, Hospital of Troyes, France

Abstract

Data on ST elevation myocardial infarction in patients aged over 75 years remains sporadic. The prognosis for ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) patients is bleak. Mortality at one year in patients aged over 80 years is very high. We describe a series of elderly patients over 75 years treated by emergency physicians in pre-admissions or in emergency wards presenting with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction, and we compare these data with a second group of patients aged below 75 years.