Long-term clinical outcome of elderly patients with acute coronary syndrome treated with early percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights from the BASE ACS randomized controlled trial: Bioactive versus everolimus-eluting stents in elderly patients

•Elderly patients had worse long-term outcome to percutaneous coronary intervention.•Diabetes independently predicted major adverse cardiac events in elderly patients.•Outcome of bioactive stents was comparable to everolimus-eluting stents in elderly.