Coronary stenting is safe and effective in a high-risk octogenarian patient cohort.
Baklanov DV, Marcu CB, Juhasz DF, Caracciolo EA, Chawarski MC, Donohue TJ. Coronary stenting is safe and effective in a high-risk octogenarian patient cohort. Connecticut Medicine 2006, 70: 15-9. PMID: 16479871.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget vessel revascularization rateCoronary stentingProcedural successNew York Heart Association class IIIHigh procedural success rateSerial cardiac enzymesVessel revascularization ratePercent of patientsTIMI 3 flowAcute coronary syndromeMajor cardiac eventsProcedural success rateLow complication rateCoronary heart diseaseCommunity teaching hospitalHigh-risk populationLong-term resultsCoronary stent proceduresAngiographic profileCoronary syndromeIndex hospitalizationRevascularization ratesCardiac eventsComplication rateResidual stenosis