Contemporary medicine is shifting towards person rather than disease-oriented care.1With increasing life expectancy and the ageing of baby boomers, the proportion over 60 years is growing faster than the overall population, with worldwide estimates reaching 2 billion by 2050 (http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/ worldageing19502050).2 In parallel, acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and atrial fibrillation (AF)—the most frequent indications for dual platelet inhibition or anticoagulation—occur mostly in older patients.2 – 6 There is general agreement that people ≥75 years can be defined ‘elderly’; however, cutoffs as low as 65 years have been applied to important clinical datasets and risk scores.3,7 – 10

Andreotti, F., Rocca, B., Husted, S., Ajjan, R., Ten Berg, J., Cattaneo, M., Collet, J., De Caterina, R., Fox, K., Halvorsen, S., Huber, K., Hylek, E., Lip, G., Montalescot, G., Morais, J., Patrono, C., Verheugt, F., Wallentin, L., Weiss, T., Storey, R., Antithrombotic therapy in the elderly: expert position paper of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Thrombosis, <<EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL>>, 2015; 36 (46): 3238-3249. [doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehv304] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/68473]

Antithrombotic therapy in the elderly: expert position paper of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Thrombosis

Andreotti, F;Rocca, Bianca;Patrono, Carlo;
2015

Abstract

Contemporary medicine is shifting towards person rather than disease-oriented care.1With increasing life expectancy and the ageing of baby boomers, the proportion over 60 years is growing faster than the overall population, with worldwide estimates reaching 2 billion by 2050 (http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/ worldageing19502050).2 In parallel, acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and atrial fibrillation (AF)—the most frequent indications for dual platelet inhibition or anticoagulation—occur mostly in older patients.2 – 6 There is general agreement that people ≥75 years can be defined ‘elderly’; however, cutoffs as low as 65 years have been applied to important clinical datasets and risk scores.3,7 – 10
2015
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Andreotti, F., Rocca, B., Husted, S., Ajjan, R., Ten Berg, J., Cattaneo, M., Collet, J., De Caterina, R., Fox, K., Halvorsen, S., Huber, K., Hylek, E., Lip, G., Montalescot, G., Morais, J., Patrono, C., Verheugt, F., Wallentin, L., Weiss, T., Storey, R., Antithrombotic therapy in the elderly: expert position paper of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Thrombosis, <<EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL>>, 2015; 36 (46): 3238-3249. [doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehv304] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/68473]
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