TY - JOUR
T1 - Early results and long-term outcome of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in patients age 75 years or older
AU - Imburgia, Michael
AU - King, Thomas R.
AU - Soffer, Allen D.
AU - Rich, Michael W.
AU - Krone, Ronald J.
AU - Salimi, Ali
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908.D r. Wesley is the recipient of a Physician Scientist Award (HL-01408) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, and Dr. Lerman is the recipient of a New Investigator Award (HL-35860) from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda. Manuscript received November 21, 1988; revised manuscript received and acceptedF ebruary 6, 1989.
PY - 1989/5/1
Y1 - 1989/5/1
N2 - Increased operator experience and technologic advances have led to increased utilization of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty1 (PTCA), but precise indications for this procedure in certain subsets of patients have not been adequately defined. Elderly patients are undergoing PTCA more often,2 yet there is little information regarding initial results, complication rates and long-term outcome in this group. Therefore, to evaluate the safety and efficacy of angioplasty in the elderly, we performed a retrospective review of all patients 75 years of age or older who underwent PTCA at our institution during a 3-year interval (January 1985 through November 1987). A similar number of patients (but younger than 75 years of age) who underwent PTCA during the same period were randomly selected for comparative purposes. This report summarizes the early and late results of PTCA in these patients.
AB - Increased operator experience and technologic advances have led to increased utilization of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty1 (PTCA), but precise indications for this procedure in certain subsets of patients have not been adequately defined. Elderly patients are undergoing PTCA more often,2 yet there is little information regarding initial results, complication rates and long-term outcome in this group. Therefore, to evaluate the safety and efficacy of angioplasty in the elderly, we performed a retrospective review of all patients 75 years of age or older who underwent PTCA at our institution during a 3-year interval (January 1985 through November 1987). A similar number of patients (but younger than 75 years of age) who underwent PTCA during the same period were randomly selected for comparative purposes. This report summarizes the early and late results of PTCA in these patients.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9149(89)90091-X
DO - 10.1016/0002-9149(89)90091-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 2523185
AN - SCOPUS:0024549924
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 63
SP - 1127
EP - 1129
JO - The American journal of cardiology
JF - The American journal of cardiology
IS - 15
ER -