Kabir, S M Eftar JahanChowdhury, Abdul WadudAmin, Md.GaffarAlam urus, Sarwar Mohammad Sabah Khandker Md.NAbdullah, Abu SadiqueHossain, MofazzalZahid, AbuFaruk, Chowdhury OmarKhan, Tunaggina Afrin2015-12-172015-12-172015Kabir S M Eftar Jahan, Chowdhury Abdul Wadud, Amin Md.Gaffar, Alam Sarwar Mohammad Sabah Khandker Md.Nurus, Abdullah Abu Sadique, Hossain Mofazzal, Zahid Abu, Faruk Chowdhury Omar, Khan Tunaggina Afrin. In-Hospital Outcome of Older and Younger Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome. Cardiovascular Journal. 2015; 8(1): 49-52.2071-09172309-6357http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/168348Background: Acute coronary syndrome is a cardiac emergency. It is increasingly common in younger peoples. Management of elderly peoples is difficult due to their associated comorbidity. This study tried to compare the in-hospital outcome of the younger and older patients with acute coronary syndrome. Methods: The study was a comparative cross sectional study. Clinical and biochemical evaluation was done in hospital settings. A total number of 120 patients were included in the study and divided into two groups according to distribution of age. In group I there were elderly groups of aged >60 yrs. and in group II there were patients within the age 40 to 60 yrs. All the data were collected systematically in a preformed data collection form. Results: Group I populations had more in hospital stay and more complications than group II. Conclusion: The study revealed significant association with age and outcome of Acute coronary syndrome patients. Complications of acute coronary syndrome increase as the age of the patients increases.enAgeAcute coronary syndromeIschaemic heart diseaseArticle