Acute myocardial infarction in progressively elderly patients. A comparative analysis of immediate results in patients who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention

OBJECTIVE: Analysis of the in-hospital results, in progressively elderly patients who undergo primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the first 24 hours of AMI. METHODS: The patients were divided into three different age groups (60/69, 70/79, and > or = 80 years) and were treated from...

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Main Authors: Luiz Alberto Mattos, Alexandre Zago, Áurea Chaves, Ibraim Pinto, Luiz Tanajura, Rodolfo Staico, Marinella Centemero, Fausto Feres, Galo Maldonado, Manoel Cano, Andréa Abizaid, Alexandre Abizaid, Amanda G.M.R. Sousa, J. Eduardo Sousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2001-01-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2001000100006