Acute coronary syndrome in a 100-year-old woman treated successfully with primary percutaneous coronary angioplasty

We present a case of a 100-year-old woman living alone with ST-elevation myocardial infarction acute coronary syndrome of the infero-lateral wall treated with percutaneous coronary intervention. Coronary angiography revealed critical 99% stenosis in the marginal branch of the circumflex artery and i...

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Autores principales: Karwowski, Jarosław, Bęćkowski, Maciej, Szwed, Hanna, Ciszewski, Andrzej
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3915969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24570714
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pwki.2013.35456
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author Karwowski, Jarosław
Bęćkowski, Maciej
Szwed, Hanna
Ciszewski, Andrzej
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description We present a case of a 100-year-old woman living alone with ST-elevation myocardial infarction acute coronary syndrome of the infero-lateral wall treated with percutaneous coronary intervention. Coronary angiography revealed critical 99% stenosis in the marginal branch of the circumflex artery and insignificant lesions in other arteries. Two bare metal stents were implanted successfully in the same session. The patient was discharged home in good general condition, able to live and function independently.
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spelling pubmed-39159692014-02-25 Acute coronary syndrome in a 100-year-old woman treated successfully with primary percutaneous coronary angioplasty Karwowski, Jarosław Bęćkowski, Maciej Szwed, Hanna Ciszewski, Andrzej Postepy Kardiol Interwencyjnej Case Report We present a case of a 100-year-old woman living alone with ST-elevation myocardial infarction acute coronary syndrome of the infero-lateral wall treated with percutaneous coronary intervention. Coronary angiography revealed critical 99% stenosis in the marginal branch of the circumflex artery and insignificant lesions in other arteries. Two bare metal stents were implanted successfully in the same session. The patient was discharged home in good general condition, able to live and function independently. Termedia Publishing House 2013-06-17 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3915969/ /pubmed/24570714 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pwki.2013.35456 Text en Copyright © 2013 Termedia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Karwowski, Jarosław
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Acute coronary syndrome in a 100-year-old woman treated successfully with primary percutaneous coronary angioplasty
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title_full Acute coronary syndrome in a 100-year-old woman treated successfully with primary percutaneous coronary angioplasty
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title_full_unstemmed Acute coronary syndrome in a 100-year-old woman treated successfully with primary percutaneous coronary angioplasty
title_short Acute coronary syndrome in a 100-year-old woman treated successfully with primary percutaneous coronary angioplasty
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3915969/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pwki.2013.35456
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