Carotid Endarterectomy National Trends Over A Decade: Does Sex Matter?

Conclusions: In this decade-long national population-based study of hospitalized patients undergoing CEA, women had lower perioperative cardiac morbidity and mortality rates than men. After adjusting for patient, clinical, and hospital factors, there is no discernible difference in timing of CEA based on sex.

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - December 9, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: SreyRam Kuy, Anahita Dua, Sapan S. Desai, Peter J. Rossi, Gary R. Seabrook, Brian D. Lewis, Bhavin Patel, SreyReath Kuy, Cheong J. Lee, Rishi Subbarayan, Kellie R. Brown Tags: Clinical Research Source Type: research