Gender differences on mortality and re-interventions after TEVAR for intact aneurysms of the thoracic aorta.

CONCLUSIONS: Mortality after TEVAR for iTAA seems to be similar between genders. While there was a tendency for higher mortality in women, specially at 30-days, statistically significant differences were reported in only two studies. Re-interventions rates were higher in men in 4 of 6 studies, probably due to increased rates of endoleak in men, but no statically significant difference was found. Further studies with larger female population and longer follow-up are needed to firmly confirm differences among genders. PMID: 30938498 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Angiology - Category: Cardiology Tags: Int Angiol Source Type: research