Cor Vasa 2010, 52(Suppl.):31-32 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2010.201

Percutaneous coronary intervention in a cheerful, one-hundred-year-old patient with acute coronary syndrome

Petr Widimský*, Viktor Kočka
III. interní-kardiologická klinika, Kardiocentrum, Fakultní nemocnice Královské Vinohrady a 3. lékařská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy v Praze, Česká republika

The absence of an age limit as a PCI contraindication is illustrated in the case of a 100-year-old female patient with acute coronary syndrome, who gained benefit from interventional treatment.

Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; Elderly people; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Stent

Published: December 1, 2010  Show citation

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Widimský P, Kočka V. Percutaneous coronary intervention in a cheerful, one-hundred-year-old patient with acute coronary syndrome. Cor Vasa. 2010;52(Suppl.):31-32. doi: 10.33678/cor.2010.201.
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