Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in patients aged 70 and over / 中国介入心脏病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the characters of the aged patients with coronary disease undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in clinical presentation, procedural success, and in-hospital outcomes. Methods Data were collected as a part of a prospective registry of all percutaneous coronary interventions performed by authors between January 2001 and October 2002. Comparisons between 2 age groups (≥70 years and