Women with Acute Myocardial Infarction: Clinical Characteristics, Treatment, and In-Hospital Outcomes from a Latin American Country.
Alexandra Arias-MendozaHector Gonzalez-PachecoAmada Álvarez-SangabrielRodrigo Gopar-NietoLaura Leticia Rodríguez-ChávezDiego Araiza-GaraygordobilPamela Ramírez-RangelDaniel Sierra-Lara MartínezMaría Del Carmen Lacy-NieblaJosé Luis Briseño-De la CruzJessica Juárez-TolenSalvador Mendoza-GarcíaAlfredo Altamirano-CastilloPublished in: Global heart (2023)
Real-world evidence from a hospital in a Latin American low- to middle-income country (LMIC) showed that women with AMI had more comorbidities, received less reperfusion treatment or invasive strategies, and had worse outcomes. In STEMI and NSTEMI, female gender represented an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality.
Keyphrases
- acute myocardial infarction
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- healthcare
- mental health
- acute care
- acute coronary syndrome
- emergency department
- coronary artery disease
- insulin resistance
- cerebral ischemia
- brain injury
- combination therapy
- replacement therapy
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- metabolic syndrome
- smoking cessation
- acute ischemic stroke
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction