November 1, 2015Open Access

Outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention in patients ≥ 75 years: one-center study in a Chinese patient group.

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Why the study?

Does percutaneous coronary intervention in patients ≥ 75 years compared to patients < 75 years result in higher six-month mortality?

Population

1,035 consecutive Chinese patients with coronary heart disease who underwent percutaneous coronary…

Comparison

Percutaneous coronary intervention in elderly… vs Percutaneous coronary intervention in younger…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

six months

Authors

PCPengfei ChenHarbin University of Science and Technology DWDanning WangHenan University KCKan ChenTongji University

Discussion

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Implication

Identifies cardiogenic shock, severe arrhythmia, CKD, and prior stroke as six-month mortality predictors in elderly PCI patients; leaves open prospective validation before guiding care.

Structured PICO

Does percutaneous coronary intervention in patients ≥ 75 years compared to patients < 75 years result in higher six-month mortality?

Population

1,035 consecutive Chinese patients with coronary heart disease (stable angina or acute coronary syndrome) who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), including 213 patients ≥ 75 years of age and 822 patients < 75 years of age.

Intervention

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in elderly patients ≥ 75 years of age

Comparator

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in younger patients < 75 years of age

Outcome

Six-month mortalityhard clinical

Limitations

Relative small sample size
Short follow-up time
Single hospital source
Ethnically Chinese population only

Cite This Study

Chen et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6fb7226ceb2bbd16dfb7e9 https://doi.org/10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2015.06.004

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Implication

Identifies cardiogenic shock, severe arrhythmia, CKD, and prior stroke as six-month mortality predictors in elderly PCI patients; leaves open prospective validation before guiding care.

Outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention in patients ≥ 75 years: one-center study in a Chinese patient group.

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Implication

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Outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention in patients ≥ 75 years: one-center study in a Chinese patient group.

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Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

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