Age is not a bar to PCI: Insights from the long-term outcomes from off-site PCI in a real-world setting.
Robert T GerberSatpal S ArriMohamed Osama MohamedGurpreet DhillonAlykhan BandaliIdris HardingJeremy GiffordBelinda SandlerBen CorboEric McWilliamsPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiology (2017)
This study demonstrates an acceptable occurrence of MI, death, repeat intervention, and stent thrombosis in a high-risk group of V. Eld. patients with de novo lesions. Age alone in the absence of other non-cardiac factors should not prohibit a patient from access to PCI.
Keyphrases
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- acute myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- antiplatelet therapy
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- atrial fibrillation
- randomized controlled trial
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- risk assessment
- left ventricular
- pulmonary embolism
- case report