Contemporary Clinical Outcomes of Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Elderly versus Younger Patients Presenting with Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Abstract

In a contemporary population of STEMI patients treated with PPCI, overall in-hospital MACE and mortality remain higher in elderly compared to younger patients. Although partly due to higher burden of preexisting comorbidities, a higher DBT may also be responsible. (J Interven Cardiol 2011;24:357-365).