Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty in Patients Over 75 Years Old: Immediate and Mid‐term Results

C Gueniche; X Tabone; Michel Slama; J. P. Metzger; G Motté; A Vacheron

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8183.1993.tb00850.x

June 1, 1993Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty in Patients Over 75 Years Old: Immediate and Mid‐term Results

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Population

95 patients 75 years or older (range 75-90, mean 79). 81% presented with unstable angina, 44 had prior MI, 39% had single vessel disease, 41% had two vessel disease, and 20% had three vessel disease.

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Intervention

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) (single vessel dilated in 81 patients, two vessels in 14 patients)

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Outcome

Clinical angiographic primary success rate

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PTCA is safe and effective in elderly patients over 75 years old, achieving a 70% clinical success rate at mid-term follow-up despite frequent incomplete revascularization.

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