Age, STEMI, and Cardiogenic Shock: Never Too Old for PCI?

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Apr 23;73(15):1901-1904. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.12.088.

Authors

Eliano P Navarese¹, Sunil V Rao², Mitchell W Krucoff²

Affiliations

¹ Interventional Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Mater Dei Hospital and SIRIO MEDICINE Research Network, Bari, Italy; Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: elianonavarese@gmail.com.
² The Duke University Medical Center/Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina.

PMID: 30999992
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.12.088

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Keywords: cardiogenic shock; elderly; percutaneous coronary intervention.

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MeSH terms

Aged
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
Humans
Myocardial Infarction*
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention*
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction*
Shock, Cardiogenic