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ABSTRACT: Background
Whether initial invasive management in older vs younger adults with chronic coronary disease and moderate or severe ischemia improves health status or clinical outcomes is unknown.Objectives
The goal of this study was to examine the impact of age on health status and clinical outcomes with invasive vs conservative management in the ISCHEMIA (International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches) trial.Methods
One-year angina-specific health status was assessed with the 7-item Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) (score range 0-100; higher scores indicate better health status). Cox proportional hazards models estimated the treatment effect of invasive vs conservative management as a function of age on the composite clinical outcome of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or hospitalization for resuscitated cardiac arrest, unstable angina, or heart failure.Results
Among 4,617 participants, 2,239 (48.5%) were aged <65 years, 1,713 (37.1%) were aged 65 to 74 years, and 665 (14.4%) were aged ≥75 years. Baseline SAQ summary scores were lower in participants aged <65 years. Fully adjusted differences in 1-year SAQ summary scores (invasive minus conservative) were 4.90 (95% CI: 3.56-6.24) at age 55 years, 3.48 (95% CI: 2.40-4.57) at age 65 years, and 2.13 (95% CI: 0.75-3.51) at age 75 years (Pinteraction = 0.008). Improvement in SAQ Angina Frequency was less dependent on age (Pinteraction = 0.08). There were no age differences between invasive vs conservative management on the composite clinical outcome (Pinteraction = 0.29).Conclusions
Older patients with chronic coronary disease and moderate or severe ischemia had consistent improvement in angina frequency but less improvement in angina-related health status with invasive management compared with younger patients. Invasive management was not associated with improved clinical outcomes in older or younger patients. (International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches [ISCHEMIA]; NCT01471522).
SUBMITTER: Nguyen DD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10902923 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Nguyen Dan D DD Spertus John A JA Alexander Karen P KP Newman Jonathan D JD Dodson John A JA Jones Philip G PG Stevens Susanna R SR O'Brien Sean M SM Gamma Reto R Perna Gian P GP Garg Pallav P Vitola João V JV Chow Benjamin J W BJW Vertes Andras A White Harvey D HD Smanio Paola E P PEP Senior Roxy R Held Claes C Li Jianghao J Boden William E WE Mark Daniel B DB Reynolds Harmony R HR Bangalore Sripal S Chan Paul S PS Stone Gregg W GW Arnold Suzanne V SV Maron David J DJ Hochman Judith S JS
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<h4>Background</h4>Whether initial invasive management in older vs younger adults with chronic coronary disease and moderate or severe ischemia improves health status or clinical outcomes is unknown.<h4>Objectives</h4>The goal of this study was to examine the impact of age on health status and clinical outcomes with invasive vs conservative management in the ISCHEMIA (International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches) trial.<h4>Methods</h4>One-year angi ...[more]