Success Rate, Procedural Complications and Clinical Outcomes of Coronary Interventions in Octogenarians: a Case-Control Study

Success Rate, Procedural Complications and Clinical Outcomes of Coronary Interventions in Octogenarians: a Case-Control Study

Background: Clinical trials of revascularization have routinely under-enrolled elderly subjects. Thus, symptom relief and improved survival might not apply to elderly patients, in whom the risk of mortality and disability from revascularization procedures seems to be high and co-morbidity is more pr...

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Main Authors: Hamidreza Poorhosseini, Mehdi Mousavi, Ebrahim Nematipour, Seyed Ebrahim Kassaian, Mojtaba Salarifar, Mohammad Alidoosti, Alimohammad Hajizeinali, Younes Nozari, Alireza Amirzadegan, Seyed Kianoosh Hosseini, Mahmood Sheikhfathollahi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2011-09-01
Series:Journal of Tehran University Heart Center
Subjects:
Aged
80 and Over
Angioplasty
Coronary Artery Disease
Treatment Outcome
Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/upload_files/pdf/19143.pdf

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