Original scientific paper
Effects of a percutaneous coronary intervention or conservative treatment strategy on treatment outcomes in elderly female patients with acute coronary syndrome
Domagoj Markovic
orcid.org/0000-0002-9432-6882
; Clinic for heart and cardiovascular diseases University Hospital of Split Spinciceva 1, 21000 Split, Croatia
Abstract
Aim. To determine the difference in hospital outcomes between percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and conservative treatment of elderly female patients hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
Material and Methods. This controlled study included 123 female patients admitted to the Clinic for heart and cardiovascular diseases University Hospital of Split with a diagnosis of ACS and multiple cardiovascular risk factors. We recorded their habits, history, demographics, presenting symptoms, electrocardiograms, ultrasound results, laboratory tests, diagnostic tests and treatment. We compared these data between the two groups, i.e., those treated with conservative therapy and those treated with PCI.
Results. There were fewer arrhythmias (P<0.001) and episodes of heart failure (P<0.001) during hospitalization in the PCI group than in the conservative therapy group. There was no significant difference in complications between the groups (P=0.887).
Conclusion. Elderly female patients with ACS treated with PCI had less arrhythmias and heart failure during hospitalization than those treated with conservative therapy and there was no difference in complications. These results suggest that even high risk patients have better outcomes after treatment with PCI, and therefore PCI is suggested as first-line treatment in these patients, regardless of risk factors.
Keywords
percutaneous coronary intervention; acute coronary syndrome; women
Hrčak ID:
170194
URI
Publication date:
1.9.2016.
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