Journal article
Contemporary outcomes in women undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndromes
AH Al-Fiadh, N Andrianopoulos, O Farouque, BP Yan, SJ Duffy, K Charter, S Tongyoo, G New, T Yip, A Brennan, G Proimos, CM Reid, AE Ajani, DJ Clark
International Journal of Cardiology | Published : 2011
Abstract
Background: Uncertainty remains as to whether females benefit as much as males from percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the setting of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Methods: We compared 802 women with 2151 men presenting with ACS, undergoing PCI from April 2004 to October 2006 from the Melbourne Interventional Group registry. Clinical characteristics, in-hospital, 30-day and 1-year outcomes were compared. Results: Women were older (69.6 ± 11.6 vs. 62.17 ± 12.3 years, p < 0.001), and had more diabetes (27.1% vs. 19.6%, p < 0.001) and hypertension (70.3% vs. 53.9%, p < 0.001) than men. Women were less likely to present with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (30.5% vs. 37.9%, p < 0..
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Funding Acknowledgements
[ "The Melbourne Interventional Group acknowledges funding from Astra-Zeneca, Biotronik, Boston-Scientific, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Pfizer, Schering-Plough, Sanofi-Aventis, Servier, St Jude and Terumo. These companies do not have access to the data, and do not have the right to review articles before publication.", "Dr. Duffy's work is supported by a NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence grant to the Alfred and Baker Medical Unit." ]