Achievements and challenges in PCI of elderly patients

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Tan Huay Cheem. Achievements and challenges in PCI of elderly patients. J Geriatr Cardiol 2005; 2(1): 23-23.

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Tan Huay Cheem. Achievements and challenges in PCI of elderly patients. J Geriatr Cardiol 2005; 2(1): 23-23.

Tan Huay Cheem. Achievements and challenges in PCI of elderly patients. J Geriatr Cardiol 2005; 2(1): 23-23.

Citation:

Tan Huay Cheem. Achievements and challenges in PCI of elderly patients. J Geriatr Cardiol 2005; 2(1): 23-23.

Abstract

The very elderly patient population ( > 80 years) rep-resents a rapidly increasing segment of our demographics, a consequence of the longer life expectancy and aging of the ' baby boom' generation. Coronary artery disease re-mains a major cause of mortality and morbidity among oc-togenarians with an estimated 30% of them having symp-tomatic heart disease and 50% eventually dying from it.