Open AccessProcedural Results and Early Clinical out Come after PTCA in Elderly Patients
Author(s) -
Bharat Rawat,
Yadav Kumar Deo Bhatta,
Abhilasha Pandey,
Mohit Pandey,
P Poudyal,
Pawan Kumar Verma,
Pradeep Agrawal,
RR Kasliwal
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
nepalese heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2382-5464
pISSN - 2091-2978
DOI - 10.3126/njh.v3i3.26072
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery
The study was undertaken to obtain data regarding the procedural results and early clinical out come of the elderly patients who underwent PTCA for symptomatic CAD, Out of 63 patients who underwent PTCA, 17 (26.98%) were elderly patients of age above 65 years. The study group consisted of 11 (64.70%) male and 6 (35.29%) female patients. The majority of the patients, 13 (76.47%) had associated HTN.
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