Age is not a bar to PCI: Insights from the long ‐term outcomes from off‐site PCI in a real‐world setting

ConclusionsThis study demonstrates an acceptable occurrence of MI, death, repeat intervention, and stent thrombosis in a high‐risk group of V. Eld. patients with de novo lesions. Age alone in the absence of other non‐cardiac factors should not prohibit a patient from access to PCI.

Source: Journal of Interventional Cardiology - July 2, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Robert T. Gerber, Satpal S. Arri, Mohamed O. Mohamed, Gurpreet Dhillon, Alykhan Bandali, Idris Harding, Jeremy Gifford, Belinda Sandler, Ben Corbo, Eric McWilliams Tags: ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Source Type: research