title: [Coronary dilatation in geriatric patients--indications and results].
abstract: Therapy of coronary artery disease in elderly patients will gain in importance due to the demographic changes in industrialized societies. In our own institution 6.5% of all dilated patients were over 70 years of age in 1989, compared to 17.5% in 1995. Elderly patients were more likely to be women and to have unstable angina or multivessel disease. Primary success rates in elderly and younger patients are comparable. The current 3-year survival rate of 84 patients > or = 70 years of age is 92.9%. Long-term follow-up is primarily influenced by non-cardiac comorbidity. In conclusion, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) results in a symptomatic improvement in elderly patients with single-vessel and most patients with multivessel disease.
authors.affiliation: Kardiologische Klinik, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Universitätsklinik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seggewiss
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gleichmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000401:mortality*; D002423:Cause of Death; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Koronardilatation bei geriatrischen Patienten--Indikation und Ergebnisse.