Impact of acute kidney injury in elderly (≥80 years) patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.
David M LeistnerCharlotte MünchJulia SteinerAslihan ErbayMatthias RiedelCathérine GebhardAlexander LautenUlf LandmesserBarbara E StähliPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiology (2018)
AKI occurs in a third of elderly (≥80 years) patients undergoing PCI and is associated with increased mortality. These findings underline the unmet clinical need to identify novel strategies for the prevention of AKI in this high-risk patient subset.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute kidney injury
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- acute myocardial infarction
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- middle aged
- antiplatelet therapy
- community dwelling
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- cardiovascular events
- case report
- atrial fibrillation
- risk factors
- type diabetes
- coronary artery bypass
- heart failure
- left ventricular