Gender Differences in Long-Term Outcomes of Medical Therapy and Successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions.
Lei GuoHaichen LvLei ZhongJian WuHuaiyu DingJiaying XuRong-Chong HuangPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiology (2019)
Successful CTO-PCI was not associated with reduced risk of cardiac death compared with medical therapy alone in both female and male patients. However, men have a significant reduction in MACE rate after successful CTO-PCI. Aggressive CTO-PCI should be considered carefully among female patients.
Keyphrases
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- end stage renal disease
- acute myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- ejection fraction
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- newly diagnosed
- antiplatelet therapy
- healthcare
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- peritoneal dialysis
- left ventricular
- patient reported outcomes
- mesenchymal stem cells
- patient reported
- smoking cessation
- aortic valve