Sex Differences in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention—Insights From the Coronary Angiography and PCI Registry of the German Society of Cardiology [Coronary Heart Disease]

ConclusionsDespite identical technical success rates of PCI between the 2 sexes, women with PCI for ST elevation myocardial infarction have a 20% higher age‐adjusted risk of death and of ischemic cardiac and cerebrovascular events. Further research is needed to determine the reasons for these differences.

Source: JAHA:Journal of the American Heart Association - March 20, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Heer, T., Hochadel, M., Schmidt, K., Mehilli, J., Zahn, R., Kuck, K.–H., Hamm, C., Bohm, M., Ertl, G., Hoffmeister, H. M., Sack, S., Senges, J., Massberg, S., Gitt, A. K., Zeymer, U. Tags: Cardiovascular Disease, Women, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Stent, Treatment Original Research Source Type: research