Initial results and long-term clinical and angiographic implications of coronary stenting in elderly patients.
Results of 378 consecutive elderly patients (> or = 65 years) undergoing coronary stenting were compared with those of 601 younger patients. Although the restenosis rate was similar in the 2 groups, age > or = 65 years was an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality (relative risk 5.4, 95% confidence interval 1.2 to 20.1) and follow-up mortality (relative risk 2.8, 95% confidence interval 1.3 to 6.1).
Alfonso
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Department of Clinical Epidemiology, San Carlos University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Azcona
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Perez-Vizcayno
M J
MJ
Hernandez
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Goicolea
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J
Fernandez-Ortiz
A
A
Bañuelos
C
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Escaned
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J
Ribera
J M
JM
Fernandez
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C
Macaya
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D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome