Persistent sex disparities in clinical outcomes with percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights from 6.6 million PCI procedures in the United States.
Jessica PottsAlex SirkerSara C MartinezMartha GulatiMirvat AlasnagMuhammad RashidChun Shing KwokJoie EnsorDanielle L BurkeRichard D RileyLene HolmvangMamas A MamasPublished in: PloS one (2018)
In this national unselected contemporary PCI cohort, there are significant sex-based differences in presentation, baseline characteristics and comorbidity burden. These differences do not fully account for the higher in-hospital mortality and procedural complications observed in women.
Keyphrases
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- acute myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- antiplatelet therapy
- coronary artery disease
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- atrial fibrillation
- risk factors
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- coronary artery bypass
- case report
- healthcare
- quality improvement
- pregnancy outcomes
- adipose tissue
- left ventricular
- metabolic syndrome
- cervical cancer screening