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October 1, 2015Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva (English Edition)Open Access

Primary coronary angioplasty in patients over 80 years of age

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Why the study?

Do patients aged ≥ 80 years undergoing primary PCI have worse 30-day clinical outcomes compared to patients < 80 years?

Population

1,970 patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention, including 122 aged ≥ 80 years.

Comparison

Primary percutaneous coronary intervention in… vs Primary percutaneous coronary intervention in…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

30 days

Authors

ADAlan Castro D’AvilaRFRenato Roese FilhoMSMárcia Moura Schmidt

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Overview

Elderly STEMI patients face higher 30-day MACE and mortality after primary PCI; leaves open whether tailored strategies improve outcomes.

Structured PICO

Do patients aged ≥ 80 years undergoing primary PCI have worse 30-day clinical outcomes compared to patients < 80 years?

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Population
1,970 patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), including 122 (6.2%) aged ≥ 80 years.
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Intervention
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients aged ≥ 80 years
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Comparator
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients aged < 80 years
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Outcome
Major adverse cardiovascular events and death at 30 dayshard clinical

Patients aged ≥ 80 years undergoing primary PCI present with a more severe clinical profile and experience significantly higher 30-day mortality and MACE compared to younger patients.

Cite This Study

D’Avila et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6fb7226ceb2bbd16dfb7eahttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbciev.2017.02.012
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