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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAged, 80 and overCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseFemaleHumansMaleMyocardial RevascularizationProspective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsStentsTreatment OutcomeConceptsTarget 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