LONG-TERM CLINICAL AND ANGIOGRAPHIC FOLLOW-UP OF PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY IN PATIENTS LESS-THAN-OR-EQUAL-TO 65 YEARS OF AGE

The expansion of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) indications affects different subsets of patients including elderly patients (age ≥ 65 years)1. PTCA provides an attractive revascularization technique compared with coronary bypass surgery, particularly in elderly patients.2-4 The initial outcome of PTCA in this population is well established,2,3 and the clinical follow-up of elderly people subjected to PTCA has been reported recently.4 Nevertheless, no systematic information exists regarding the angiographic changes and, in particular, the restenosis rate of PTCA performed in elderly people. This report evaluates the clinical long-term results and especially the angiographic follow-up of PTCA in patients aged ≥ 65 years. © 1990.