Sex disparities in acute myocardial infarction care and outcomes.
Burcu GulKen KozumaIdo HaimiWeiying ZhaoCharles SimontonShih-Wa YingAlexandra BudaSameer MehtaAndreas BaumbachAlexandra J LanksyPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2018)
Women with AMI who underwent PCI with XIENCE DES have higher all-cause mortality at one year in compared to men. Region based outcomes demonstrated increased MACE among US patients compared to the patients from China and Japan. After adjusting for differences in demographics, major bleeding, rather than female sex, predicted the higher observed all-cause mortality.
Keyphrases
- acute myocardial infarction
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- healthcare
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- palliative care
- coronary artery disease
- type diabetes
- heart failure
- atrial fibrillation
- quality improvement
- health insurance
- antiplatelet therapy
- weight loss
- pain management