How Old is Too Old? Observing A Centenarian After Primary PCI
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2019
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Very elderly and frailty are two common risk factors forpatients in the setting of acute myocardial infarction andits outcomes. Due to their exclusion from clinical research,follow-up data is inadequate in patients at their nineties andin centenarians. Timely performed percutaneous coronaryintervention is the treatment of choice for acute myocardialinfarction in very elderly. Unfortunately, patients in theirlate “90s or in nonagenarians, physicians or patients”relatives usually reject this approach for its invasivenature, multiple comorbidities, lack of larger meta-analysisand misbelief related fear. This report contains a history98-year-old female presented within the first hour of anacute myocardial infarction and her two years’ follow-up.
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E Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine
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