ArticleBMC cardiovascular disorders2017
Gender based differences in drug eluting stent implantation - data from the German ALKK registry suggest underuse of DES in elderly women.
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- Sex-based Differences in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes in Patients with Ischaemic Heart Disease.European cardiology · 2023Review
- Trends of Sex Differences in Clinical Outcomes After Myocardial Infarction in the United States.CJC open · 2021Article
- Improvement of long-term clinical outcomes by successful PCI in the very elderly women with ACS.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2021Article
- Baseline thrombocytopenia in women with coronary heart disease increases incident acute coronary syndrome: insights from national inpatient database.Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis · 2020Article
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- Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Women: Are There Differences When Compared with Men?Interventional cardiology (London, England) · 2019Review
- Urban legend or real fact: Coronary artery size varies with demographics.Northern clinics of Istanbul · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundObservational studies suggest there are gender based differences in the treatment of coronary artery disease, with women receiving evidence based therapy less frequently than suggested by current guidelines. The aim of our study was to evaluate gender based differences in the use of DES.
methodsWe analysed prospectively collected data from 100704 stent implantations in the PCI registry of the ALKK between 2005 and 2009.
resultsThe usage of DES increased from 16.0 to 43.9%. Although women had smaller vessel sizes, they received DES less often compared to men (28.2 vs. 31.3%), with an adjusted odds ratio of 0.93 (95% confidence interval 0.89-0.97) at the age of 75, and an adjusted odds ratio of 0.89 (95% confidence interval 0.84-0.94) at the age of 80.
conclusionDespite having smaller vessels than men, women were treated less often with DES. These findings apply to women above the age of 75 years. These findings support previous reports, that elderly women with coronary artery disease are treated differently to men.
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