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Materials and Methods: This retrospective observational cohort study analyzed data from 308 patients aged 65 years and older admitted with ACS who had undergone coronary angiography between May 2022 and June 2025 at a tertiary cardiology department. Sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at the 6-month follow-up, with scores &gt; 5 indicating poor quality. CAD severity was quantified by SYNTAX score from angiograms. The primary endpoint was the relationship between PSQI and SYNTAX score, with secondary analyses concerning factors associated with clinical outcomes. Results: Poor sleep quality (PSQI &gt; 5) was associated with higher SYNTAX scores (p &lt; 0.001), lower ejection fraction (p &lt; 0.001), higher CRP (median 5.1 vs. 4.05, p = 0.029), NT-proBNP (median 748.5 vs. 595, p = 0.034), lower glomerular filtration rate (p = 0.025), and higher hypertension prevalence (p = 0.034). ST-elevation myocardial infarction was more common in subjects with poor sleep. Multivariable logistic regression identified hypertension (p = 0.011), reduced ejection fraction (p = 0.030), STEMI (p = 0.045), intermediate SYNTAX (p = 0.003), and high SYNTAX (p = 0.009) as associated factors of poor sleep. Conclusions: Poor sleep quality is independently linked to greater CAD severity in geriatric ACS patients. This is a modifiable risk factor that can reduce morbidity and mortality in this high-risk group.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina62010101","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,2]],"date-time":"2026-01-02T09:18:56Z","timestamp":1767345536000},"page":"101","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Sleep Quality as a Predictor of Coronary Artery Disease Severity in Geriatric Acute Coronary Syndrome"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"62","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9321-5673","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hasan Can","family":"Konte","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul 34815, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3221-2166","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emir","family":"Dervis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul 34815, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4354-0918","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Omer","family":"Alyan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul 34815, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3871-9219","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dursun","family":"Aras","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul 34815, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"201","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jacc.2013.10.041","article-title":"The year in acute coronary syndrome","volume":"63","author":"Giugliano","year":"2014","journal-title":"J. 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