Abstract:
To evaluate the effectiveness and recent safety of emergency and selective percutaneous coronary intervention
(PCI) in elderly patients (≥80 years old) with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). 120 elderly patients with coronary heart
disease (CHD) were divided into AMI group (with 55 cases) and non-myocardial infarction group (control group with 65
cases). Among the AMI group, there were 18 cases underwent emergency PCI within 12 hours after the onset, (AMI
emergency PCI group), the rest 37 cases were AMI selective PCI group. In the control group, 2 cases had stable angina
pectoris, 59 cases unstable angina pectoris and 4 patients old myocardial infarction. The lesions were classified
according to the practice guidelines of American College Of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA). The
hospitalized major adverse cardiac events (MACE) and complications in the patients were recorded and statistically
analyzed. The AMI group had a higher total Gensini score, lower left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), less mean
stents and contrast agent dosage and shorter operation time, compared with the control group. The difference was
statistically significant. Though the average postoperative length of stay in AMI emergency PCI group was longer than
that of AMI selective PCI group, but the difference had no statistical significance. To all the included patients, there were
50 cases with lesions in one branch, 43 cases in two branches and 27 cases in three branches. And the immediate PCI
success ratio in AMI group was lower than that in control group (80% VS. 96.9%, P= 0.003), without significant
difference in the distribution number of diseased vessels and complete reconstruction ratio (P>0.05). The incidence of
the total complications in AMI emergency PCI group was higher, compared with the non-emergency group (with 102
cases) and AMI selective PCI group (P<0.001, P=0.039); and the occurrence rate of complication in AMI group was
higher than that of the control group (P<0.001). The emergency PCI for elder patients with AMI is safe and worthy of
promotion.
