Influence of patient age on acute and late clinical outcomes following Palmaz-Schatz coronary stent implantation

Procedural success may be lower and complication rates higher after balloon angioplasty in older patients. Elective stent implantation improves procedural outcome in younger patients; however, few series have specifically analyzed the octogenarian population. Therefore, we studied 2,534 consecutive...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of cardiology 2000-02, Vol.85 (3), p.338-343
Hauptverfasser: Abizaid, Andrea S, Mintz, Gary S, Abizaid, Alexandre, Saucedo, Jorge F, Mehran, Roxana, Pichard, Augusto D, Kent, Kenneth M, Satler, Lowell F, Leon, Martin B
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