Impact of advanced age on the safety and effectiveness of paclitaxel‐eluting stent implantation in patients with ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary angioplasty
Dudek D, Mehran R, Dziewierz A, Witzenbichler B, Brodie BR, Kornowski R, Fahy M, Lansky AJ, Rakowski T, Legutko J, Bryniarski L, Stone GW. Impact of advanced age on the safety and effectiveness of paclitaxel‐eluting stent implantation in patients with ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary angioplasty. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2013, 82: 869-877. PMID: 23359554, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.24813.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionPaclitaxel-eluting stent implantationPrimary PCIBare metal stentsElevation myocardial infarctionYears of ageStent implantationOlder patientsMyocardial infarctionLower riskIschemic target vessel revascularizationMajor adverse cardiac eventsHORIZONS-AMI studyHORIZONS-AMI trialReduction of MACEAdverse cardiac eventsTarget vessel revascularizationClinical end pointsPercutaneous coronary interventionLong-term resultsImpact of ageCause deathMajor bleedingPrimary angioplasty