1. Murphy SL, Xu J, Kochanek KD. Deaths: final data for 2010. Natl Vital Stat Rep. 2013; 61:1–117.
2. Hamm CW, Bassand JP, Agewall S, Bax J, Boersma E, Bueno H, et al. ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation: The Task Force for the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Eur Heart J. 2011; 32:2999–3054.
3. Anderson JL, Adams CD, Antman EM, Bridges CR, Califf RM, Casey DE Jr, et al. 2011 ACCF/AHA Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Circulation. 2011; 123:e426–e579.
4. Batchelor WB, Anstrom KJ, Muhlbaier LH, Grosswald R, Weintraub WS, O'Neill WW, et al. Contemporary outcome trends in the elderly undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions: results in 7,472 octogenarians. National Cardiovascular Network Collaboration. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000; 36:723–730.
Article
5. From AM, Rihal CS, Lennon RJ, Holmes DR Jr, Prasad A. Temporal trends and improved outcomes of percutaneous coronary revascularization in nonagenarians. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2008; 1:692–698.
Article
6. Rao SV, Hess CN, Dai D, Green CL, Peterson ED, Douglas PS. Temporal trends in percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes among older patients in the United States. Am Heart J. 2013; 166:273–281.e4.
Article
7. Di Bari M, Balzi D, Fracchia S, Barchielli A, Orso F, Sori A, et al. Decreased usage and increased effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention in complex older patients with acute coronary syndromes. Heart. 2014; 100:1537–1542.
Article
8. Cutlip DE, Windecker S, Mehran R, Boam A, Cohen DJ, van Es GA, et al. Clinical end points in coronary stent trials: a case for standardized definitions. Circulation. 2007; 115:2344–2351.
9. Boden WE, O'Rourke RA, Teo KK, Hartigan PM, Maron DJ, Kostuk WJ, et al. Optimal medical therapy with or without PCI for stable coronary disease. N Engl J Med. 2007; 356:1503–1516.
Article
10. Teo KK, Sedlis SP, Boden WE, O'Rourke RA, Maron DJ, Hartigan PM, et al. Optimal medical therapy with or without percutaneous coronary intervention in older patients with stable coronary disease: a pre-specified subset analysis of the COURAGE (Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive druG Evaluation) trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009; 54:1303–1308.
11. TIME Investigators. Trial of invasive versus medical therapy in elderly patients with chronic symptomatic coronary-artery disease (TIME): a randomised trial. Lancet. 2001; 358:951–957.
12. Pfisterer M, Buser P, Osswald S, Allemann U, Amann W, Angehrn W, et al. Outcome of elderly patients with chronic symptomatic coronary artery disease with an invasive vs optimized medical treatment strategy: one-year results of the randomized TIME trial. JAMA. 2003; 289:1117–1123.
Article
13. Pfisterer M. Trial of Invasive versus Medical therapy in Elderly patients Investigators. Long-term outcome in elderly patients with chronic angina managed invasively versus by optimized medical therapy: four-year follow-up of the randomized Trial of Invasive versus Medical therapy in Elderly patients (TIME). Circulation. 2004; 110:1213–1218.
Article
14. Yang S, Khang YH, Harper S, Davey Smith G, Leon DA, Lynch J. Understanding the rapid increase in life expectancy in South Korea. Am J Public Health. 2010; 100:896–903.
Article
15. Jang SN, Kim DH. Trends in the health status of older Koreans. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010; 58:592–598.
Article
16. Freedman VA, Martin LG, Schoeni RF. Recent trends in disability and functioning among older adults in the United States: a systematic review. JAMA. 2002; 288:3137–3146.
Article
17. Aijänseppä S, Notkola IL, Tijhuis M, van Staveren W, Kromhout D, Nissinen A. Physical functioning in elderly Europeans: 10 year changes in the north and south: the HALE project. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2005; 59:413–419.
Article
18. Manton KG, Gu X, Lamb VL. Change in chronic disability from 1982 to 2004/2005 as measured by long-term changes in function and health in the U.S. elderly population. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006; 103:18374–18379.
Article
19. Murabito JM, Pencina MJ, Zhu L, Kelly-Hayes M, Shrader P, D'Agostino RB Sr. Temporal trends in self-reported functional limitations and physical disability among the community-dwelling elderly population: the Framingham heart study. Am J Public Health. 2008; 98:1256–1262.
Article
20. Johnman C, Mackay DF, Oldroyd KG, Pell JP. Quality of life following percutaneous coronary interventions in octogenarians: a systematic review. Heart. 2013; 99:779–784.
Article
21. Claude J, Schindler C, Kuster GM, Schwenkglenks M, Szucs T, Buser P, et al. Cost-effectiveness of invasive versus medical management of elderly patients with chronic symptomatic coronary artery disease. Findings of the randomized trial of invasive versus medical therapy in elderly patients with chronic angina (TIME). Eur Heart J. 2004; 25:2195–2203.
22. Feldman DN, Gade CL, Slotwiner AJ, Parikh M, Bergman G, Wong SC, et al. Comparison of outcomes of percutaneous coronary interventions in patients of three age groups (<60, 60 to 80, and >80 years) (from the New York State Angioplasty Registry). Am J Cardiol. 2006; 98:1334–1339.
Article
23. Choi YJ, Kim JB, Cho SJ, Cho J, Sohn J, Cho SK, et al. Changes in the Practice of Coronary Revascularization between 2006 and 2010 in the Republic of Korea. Yonsei Med J. 2015; 56:895–903.
Article
24. Achenbach S, Ropers D, Kallert L, Turan N, Krähner R, Wolf T, et al. Transradial versus transfemoral approach for coronary angiography and intervention in patients above 75 years of age. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2008; 72:629–635.
Article
25. Louvard Y, Benamer H, Garot P, Hildick-Smith D, Loubeyre C, Rigattieri S, et al. Comparison of transradial and transfemoral approaches for coronary angiography and angioplasty in octogenarians (the OCTOPLUS study). Am J Cardiol. 2004; 94:1177–1180.
Article
26. Piper WD, Malenka DJ, Ryan TJ Jr, Shubrooks SJ Jr, O'Connor GT, Robb JF, et al. Predicting vascular complications in percutaneous coronary interventions. Am Heart J. 2003; 145:1022–1029.
Article
27. Miura T, Miyashita Y, Motoki H, Shimada K, Kobayashi M, Nakajima H, et al. In-hospital clinical outcomes of elderly patients (≥80 years) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Circ J. 2014; 78:1097–1103.
Article