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Gender differences in short-term cardiovascular outcomes after percutaneous coronary interventions.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16784919     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Recent studies have been inconsistent in demonstrating a decrease in the gender gap in short-term post-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) outcomes. We sought to determine gender differences in outcomes in younger and older patients who underwent PCI during the current stent era. We studied 4,768 elective PCI procedures performed at Emory University Hospital from 2001 to 2004. The baseline characteristics, periprocedural complications, angiographic success, procedural success, and major in-hospital complications (death, myocardial infarction, and emergency coronary artery bypass graft surgery) after PCI were compared between men and women. Women were more likely to be nonwhite and older, with a greater prevalence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus (all p <0.001) compared with men. After adjusting for baseline characteristics and coronary artery size, the incidence of coronary vascular injury complications was higher in women than in men, particularly in patients <or=55 years (odds ratio [OR] 2.74, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.49 to 5.04). The difference was less when comparing women and men >55 years (OR 1.32, 95% CI 0.87 to 1.99, p = 0.047 for gender-age interaction). The adjusted odds of bleeding complications were also higher in women than in men (<or=55 years OR 5.39, 95% CI 2.26 to 12.8, >55 years OR 2.55, 95% CI 1.68 to 3.87, p = 0.121 for gender-age interaction). No significant gender differences were present in a combined end point of death, myocardial infarction, and emergency coronary artery bypass graft surgery. In conclusion, among patients who have undergone PCI, women, particularly younger women, are more likely than men to experience coronary vascular injury and bleeding complications unaccounted for by coronary artery size and other patient characteristics. No differences were found in major in-hospital complications by gender.
Authors:
Edgar Argulian; Amar D Patel; Jerome L Abramson; Aniket Kulkarni; Kimberly Champney; Spencer Palmer; William Weintraub; Nanette K Wenger; Viola Vaccarino
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2006-05-04
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of cardiology     Volume:  98     ISSN:  0002-9149     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Cardiol.     Publication Date:  2006 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-06-20     Completed Date:  2006-08-03     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0207277     Medline TA:  Am J Cardiol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  48-53     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary* / adverse effects,  statistics & numerical data
Coronary Artery Disease / mortality,  therapy*
Female
Hospital Mortality*
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Sex Factors
Survival Rate
Treatment Outcome
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
K24HL077506/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS

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