Choosing the myocardial revascularization method for elderly and oldest age patients still remains quite a serious problem these days. Extremely high risk of open surgery often makes percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) the only possible method to solve this problem. Severe comorbidity, coronary peculiarities, high risk of postoperative hemorrhages and also financial aspects related to the need of taking long-term double antiplatelet therapy, require clear decision about intervention and choice of optimal revascularization tactics. For oldest age group patients with vascular and plague structure different from young ones, with severe calcification dominance, with reducing fibrous constituent, with big necrotic core and frequent high-risk fibroatheromas, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) plays a tremendous role in choosing the tactics and control of PCI results.
Translated title of the contributionOldest age patient`s gradual percutaneous coronary intervention under IVUS control: Clinical case
Original languageRussian
Pages (from-to)48-56
Number of pages8
JournalКЛИНИЧЕСКАЯ ГЕРОНТОЛОГИЯ
Volume23
Issue number7-8
StatePublished - 2017

    Research areas

  • Реваскуляризация миокарда, Чрескожное коронарное вмешательство, Внутрисосудистое ультразвуковое исследование

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