INTRODUCTION: As population longevity increases, percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in eighty-year-old individuals have been increasingly more performed. However, as patients live longer, they are likely to be referred to the cardiologist with a more advanced disease, both in terms of comorbidities and coronary disease, which might influence the desired results. METHOD: Retrospective cohort study aimed at assessing whether there have been changes in the clinical and angiographic profile of eighty-year-old individuals treated by PCI at a more recent period (2006/2007) compared to the 2002/2003 period. Patients were prospectively identified and included using a computerized database and were divided into two groups: group A, 128 patients treated in 2006/2007; and group B, 98 patients treated in 2002/2003. There were no inclusion and exclusion criteria. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: The 128 patients in group A corresponded to 4.7% of PCI performed in 2006/2007, whereas the 98 cases in group B corresponded to 3.7% of PCI in 2002/2003 (P = 0.07). In group A, PCI in chronic renal patients (28.1% vs. 10.2%; P = 0.008) and the use of stents < 2.5 mm (27.7% vs. 8.2%; P = 0.0001) were statistically significant. There was a trend to treat a larger number of patients with multiartery disease (60% vs. 49%; P = 0.12) and restenotic lesions (6.7% vs. 1%; P = 0.09). The procedure success rate was similar between groups (93.8% vs. 94.9%, respectively; P > 0.99). CONCLUSIONS: 1) There was a trend in the increase of eighty-year-old individuals treated more recently; 2) cases dilated in 2006/2007 had a higher clinical/angiographic risk profile, specially for the development of coronary restenosis.
Coronary disease; Angioplasty, transluminal, percutaneous coronary; Aged, 80 and over; Aged
