Effect of Physical Disability on Mortality in Elderly Patients of ≥80 Years of Age Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology 2018-08, Vol.122 (4), p.537-541
• Main Authors: Leistner, David M., Münch, Charlotte, Steiner, Julia, Jakob, Philipp, Reinthaler, Markus, Sinning, David, Fröhlich, Georg M., Mochmann, Hans-Christian, Rauch-Kröhnert, Ursula, Skurk, Carsten, Lauten, Alexander, Landmesser, Ulf, Stähli, Barbara E.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Acute coronary syndromes; Age; Age Factors; Aged, 80 and over; Angina pectoris; Angioplasty; Blood; Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiovascular disease; Cause of Death - trends; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Confidence intervals; Coronary artery; Coronary artery disease; Coronary Artery Disease - mortality; Coronary Artery Disease - surgery; Coronary vessels; Dementia; Diabetes; Disabled Persons; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gender; Geriatrics; Germany - epidemiology; Health risk assessment; Heart attacks; Heart diseases; Heart failure; Hemoglobin; Hospital Mortality - trends; Humans; Intervention; Male; Medical records; Mortality; Older people; Patients; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment - methods; Risk Factors; Risk management; Stroke; Survival Rate - trends; Time Factors
• ISSN: 0002-9149; 1879-1913
• DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.04.055

Functional decrease has been linked with adverse events in different clinical contexts. The predictive role of activity of daily living status as assessed by the Barthel index (BI) in elderly patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has not been investigated, yet. In this study, a total of 616 patients (≥80 years) who underwent PCI between January 2009 and December 2014 and with available activity of daily living data on admission were stratified according to BI (low BI