PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Tresch, Donald D.
AU  - Berkompas, Duane
TI  - Management of acute myocardial infarction in the elderly
DP  - 1995 May 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 156--162
VI  - 62
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/62/3/156.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/62/3/156.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1995 May 01; 62
AB  - SUMMARY Thrombolysis and other new therapies have proved beneficial in elderly patients with myocardial infarction, but are underused in this age group. Because elderly patients are at greater cardiac risk than younger patients, they have more to gain from treatment. However, these treatments may pose more risk for elderly patients. Physicians must constantly assess the elderly patient's risk status and make treatment decisions based on risk-benefit analysis.