COMPARISON OF OUTCOMES WITH DRUG ELUTING VERSUS BARE METAL STENT IN VERY ELDERLY POPULATION

Autor: Kanika Parashar, Byomesh Tripathi, Edo Kaluski, Shilpkumar Arora, Sushruth Edla, Varun Kumar, Abhishek Mishra, Abdel Rahman Omer
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73:240
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(19)30848-4
Popis: Drug eluting stents (DES) are preferred over bare metal stents (BMS) in general population but are underutilized octogenarians and nonagenarians due to safety concerns. Nationwide readmission database (2010-2014) was used to identify patients with age > 80 who had percutaneous coronary intervention
Databáze: OpenAIRE