Angioplastia coronariana primária em nonagenária / Primary coronary angioplasty in a nonagenarian
Arq. bras. cardiol
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78(1): 114-121, Jan. 2002. ilus, graf
Artigo
em Português, Inglês
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ABSTRACT
A woman aged 98 years entered the tertiary hospital service with a picture of acute myocardial infarction of the extensive anterior wall, which began 4 hours earlier. Due to the large myocardial risk area suggested by the electrocardiogram, the patient was taken to the hemodynamics laboratory for the performance of emergency coronary arteriography, which revealed occlusion in the proximal third of the anterior descending artery. Primary angioplasty followed by stent grafting was successfully performed. The patient had a satisfactory evolution (Killip I) and was discharged from the hospital on the seventh postinfarction day. We discuss here aspects of thrombolysis and coronary percutaneous interventions in the aged
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Assunto principal:
Angioplastia Coronária com Balão
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Infarto do Miocárdio
Limite:
Idoso
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Aged80
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Feminino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
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Português
Revista:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Assunto da revista:
Cardiologia
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidade de Säo Paulo/BR
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