Octogenarians are a growing population of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and, yet, they are under-represented in clinical trials. Wang et al. demonstrate the increasing need for PCI, but declining use of drug-eluting stents in this age group, despite associated reductions in mortality, myocardial infarction, and rehospitalization.
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Gössl, M., Holmes, D. Don't neglect the octogenarians—DES for everyone!?. Nat Rev Cardiol 9, 189–190 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2012.22
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