TY - JOUR
T1 - Interventional cardiology
T2 - Don't neglect the octogenarians - DES for everyone!?
AU - Gössl, Mario
AU - Holmes, David R.
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - Octogenarians are a growing population of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and, yet, they are under-represented in clinical trials. Wang et al. demonstrate the increasing need for PCI, but declining use of drug-eluting stents in this age group, despite associated reductions in mortality, myocardial infarction, and rehospitalization.
AB - Octogenarians are a growing population of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and, yet, they are under-represented in clinical trials. Wang et al. demonstrate the increasing need for PCI, but declining use of drug-eluting stents in this age group, despite associated reductions in mortality, myocardial infarction, and rehospitalization.
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U2 - 10.1038/nrcardio.2012.22
DO - 10.1038/nrcardio.2012.22
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22371109
AN - SCOPUS:84859108330
SN - 1759-5002
VL - 9
SP - 189
EP - 190
JO - Nature Reviews Cardiology
JF - Nature Reviews Cardiology
IS - 4
ER -