Potential influence of previous medical pathology on use of thrombolysis in the elderly with suspected acute myocardial infarction

Arino, S. and Bayer, Antony James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7514-248X 1993. Potential influence of previous medical pathology on use of thrombolysis in the elderly with suspected acute myocardial infarction. Gerontology 39 (1) , pp. 33-37. 10.1159/000213512

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Abstract

A perceived reluctance by many doctors to consider the use of thrombolytic therapy in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction prompted us to investigate the potential influence of pre-existing medical pathology on use of fibrinolysis. Of 251 patients consecutively admitted to hospital with suspected acute myocardial infarction, absolute contra-indications to thrombolysis were found in 9 (4%) patients and relative contra-indications in a further 82 (31%) patients. This study suggests that the presence of contra-indications plays a small role in influencing the potential use of thrombolysis in the elderly. Age itself should not be assumed to be inevitably associated with an unacceptable rate of contra-indications for thrombolytic therapy.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Karger
ISSN:	0304-324X
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 12:01
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/50109

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