An invasive strategy was independently associated with better outcomes in very elderly patients with NSTEACS. This association was different according to frailty status.

Background: Early recognition and risk stratification are crucial in cardiogenic shock (CS). A lower adherence to recommendations has been described in women with cardiovascular diseases. Little information exists about disparities in clinical picture, management and performance of risk stratification tools according to gender in patients with CS. Methods: Data from the multicenter Red-Shock registry were used. All consecutive patients with CS were included. Both CardShock and IABP-SHOCK II risk scores were calculated. The primary end-point was in-hospital mortality. The discriminative ability of both scores according to gender was assessed by binary logistic regression, calculating Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and the corresponding area under the curve (AUC). Results: A total of 793 patients were included, of whom 222 (28%) were female. Women were significantly older and had a lower proportion of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and prior myocardial infarction. CS was less often related to acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in women. The use of vasoactive drugs, renal replacement therapy, invasive ventilation, therapeutic hypothermia and mechanical circulatory support was similar between both groups. In-hospital mortality was 346/793 (43.6%). Mortality was not significantly different according to gender (p = 0.194). Cardshock risk score showed a good ability for predicting in-hospital mortality both in man (AUC 0.69) and women (AUC 0.735). Likewise, the IABP-II successfully predicted in-hospital mortality in both groups (man: AUC 0.693; women: AUC 0.722). Conclusions: No significant differences were observed regarding management and in-hospital mortality according to gender. Both the CardShock and IABP-II risk scores depicted a good ability for predicting mortality also in women with CS.

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Background/Objetctives Mitral regurgitation (MR)after an acute coronary syndrome is associated with a poor prognosis. However,the prognostic impact of MR in elderly patients with non‐ST‐segment elevation myocardialinfarction (NSTEMI) has not been well addressed. Design Prospective registry. Setting and participants The multicenter LONGEVO‐SCA prospective registry included 532 unselected NSTEMI patients aged ≥80 years. Measurements MR was quantified using echocardiography during admission in 497 patients. They were classified in two groups: significant (moderate or severe) or not significant MR (absent or mild). We evaluated the impact of MR status on mortality or readmission at 6 months. Results Mean age was 84.3±4.1 years, and 308 (61.9%) were males. A total of 108 patients (21.7%) had significant MR. Compared with those without significant MR, they were older and showed worse baseline clinical status, with higher frailty, disability, and risk of malnutrition. They also had lower systolic blood pressure, higher heart rate, worse Killip class, lower left ventricular ejection fraction, and higher pulmonary pressure on admission, as well as more often new onset atrial fibrillation (all p values = 0.001). Patients with significant MR also had higher in‐hospital mortality (4.6% vs. 1.3%, p = 0.04), longer hospital stay (median 8 [5‐12] vs. 6 [4‐10] days, p = 0.002), and higher mortality/readmission at 6 months (hazard ratio 1.54, 95% confidence interval 1.09‐2.18, p = 0.015). However, after adjusting for potential confounders, this last association was not significant. Conclusions Significant MR is seen in one fifth of octogenarians with NSTEMI. Patients with significant MR have a poor prognosis, mainly determined by their baseline clinical characteristics. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:1641–1648, 2019