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With an increasing proportion of patients above 80 years needing treatment for coronary artery disease, a growing percentage of those patients will receive this treatment in the presence of frailty, comorbidity and disability. In a frail organism decreasing organ function and muscular decline lead to a catabolic situation. The questions and challenges for interventional cardiologists, treating such patients are: To which extent will such preconditions impact the chosen treatment route for cardiac disease (either medical, interventional or surgical). If there is any impact, then risk assessment for those patients, who are forwarded to PCI appears crucial in order to identify patients at risk and to re-evaluate treatment strategy.
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Rittger, H. (2015). The Role of Geriatric Preconditions (Frailty and Disability) in Elderly Patients and Its Possible Impact on Interventions. In: Rittger, H. (eds) Interventional Cardiology in the Elderly. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21142-8_3
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