CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN THE UTILIZATION AND OUTCOMES OF INVASIVE STRATEGY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH AN NSTEMI: ANALYSIS FROM THE NATIONAL INPATIENT SAMPLE (NIS)

Real world data on the trend and outcome in utilization of invasive strategy in elderly to manage NSTEMI is limited We queried the 2004-2014 National Inpatient Sample database to identify all patients aged greater than 80 years admitted with a primary diagnosis of NSTEMI(ICD9-CM 410.7x). Patients