Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Older Adults Who Present with Syncope and Coronary Artery Disease? Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry®

Conclusions In patients presenting with syncope and obstructive CAD, PCI was not associated with significant improvements in the risk of readmission, but was associated with lower long-term mortality compared with medical therapy, suggesting the need to more definitively assess the benefit of PCI among elderly syncope patients.
Source: American Heart Journal - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research