Unprotected Left-Main Coronary Angioplasty in the Elderly in a High Volume Catheterization Centre without On-Site Surgery Facilities: Immediate and Medium Term Outcome—The Old-Placet Registry

Table 1

Baseline characteristics; ^*creatinine >2.0 mg/dL. Numbers are values and percentages or mean and standard deviation (SD) as appropriate. PCI percutaneous coronary angioplasty STEMI: ST-elevation myocardial infarction; NSTEMI: non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction; CAD: coronary artery disease.

	Overall (200)	>75 Y.OLD (70)	<75 Y.OLD (130)	OR (CI 95%)	value
Clinical characteristics
Age (years)	69.7 ± 9.6	79.49 ± 3.72	64.47 ± 7.56		<0.0001
Male gender	157 (78.5)	51 (72.8)	106 (81.5)	0.6 (0.3 to 1.2)	0.15
Left ventricle ejection fraction >55%	77 (38.5)	20 (28.5)	57 (43.8)	0.5 (0.27 to 0.95)	0.02
Left ventricle ejection fraction <35%	37 (18.5)	17 (24.2)	20 (15.3)	1.7 (0.85 to 3.60)	0.08
Chronic kidney disease^*	26 (13.0)	11 (15.7)	15 (11.5)	1.4 (0.61 to 3.3)	0.26
Prior PCI	39 (19.5)	12 (17.1)	27 (20.7)	0.78 (0.37 to 1.6)	0.33
Malignancy	22 (11.0)	13 (18.5)	9 (6.9)	3.0 (1.2 to 7.5)	0.01
Cardiac risk factors
Hypertension	140 (70.0)	50 (71.4)	90 (69.2)	1.1 (0.58 to 2.1)	0.43
Hypercholesterolemia	87 (43.5)	25 (35.7)	62 (47.6)	0.61 (0.33 to 1.10)	0.69
Smoke habit	114 (57.0)	25 (35.1)	88 (67.6)	0.28 (0.15 to 0.51)	<0.001
Family history of CAD	14 (7.0)	2 (2.8)	12 (9.2)	0.28 (0.06 to 1.3)	0.76
Diabetes	48 (24.0)	15 (21.4)	33 (25.3)	0.8 (0.40 to 1.6)	0.32
Severity of coronary artery disease
Single vessel disease	37 (18.5)	16 (22.8)	21 (16.1)	1.5 (0.74 to 3.1)	0.16
Double vessel disease	54 (27.0)	19 (27.1)	35 (26.9)	1.0 (0.52 to 1.9)	0.55
Triple vessel disease	72 (36.0)	26 (37.1)	46 (35.3)	1.07 (0.59 to 1.9)	0.46
Isolated left main disease	37 (18.5)	9 (12.8)	28 (21.5)	0.53 (0.23 to 1.2)	0.18
Admission diagnosis
Unstable angina	131 (65.5)	43 (61.4)	88 (67.6)	0.76 (0.41 to 1.39)	0.23
Myocardial infarction	69 (34.5)	27 (38.5)	42 (32.3)	1.3 (0.71 to 2.4)	0.23
NSTEMI	25 (12.5)	10 (14.2)	15 (11.5)	3.2 (1.38 to 7.7)	0.006
STEMI	44 (22.0)	12 (17.1)	32 (24.6)	0.63 (0.30 to 1.32)	0.14
EuroSCORE
Additive >6	112 (56.0)	56 (0.8)	56 (43.0)	5.2 (2.6 to 10.4)	<0.001
Additive >13	54 (27.0)	27 (38.5)	27 (20.7)	2.3 (1.2 to 4.5)	0.006
Logistic	22.9 ± 25.9	41.9 ± 26.8	7.8 ± 11.3	1.02 (1.01 to 1.03)	<0.0001