TY  - JOUR
TI  - How Old is Too Old? Observing A Centenarian After Primary PCI
AB  - 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.
AU  - KAYA, ÇAĞLAR
AU  - ZORKUN, Cafer Sadık
AU  - YALTA, Ahmet Kenan
DO  - 10.32596/ejcm.galenos.2019.00057
PY  - 2019
JO  - E Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
SN  - 2147-1924
SP  - 101
EP  - 103
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/325701
ER  -