Procedural Success Rates and Mortality in Elderly Patients With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Cardiogenic Shock.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the impact of age on procedural and clinical outcomes in patients with cardiogenic shock (CS).

Background: The use of early revascularization therapy with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been shown to improve outcome in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated by CS.

Methods: Data from consecutive patients with AMI and CS treated with PCI enrolled into the prospective ALKK (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Leitende Kardiologische Krankenhausärzte) PCI registry were centrally collected and analyzed.