Women undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention have significantly worse clinical outcomes and higher mortality than men, driven by treatment delays and underuse of evidence-based therapies.
Are there differences in outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in women compared with men?
This review highlights the ongoing disparity in clinical outcomes between women and men following percutaneous coronary intervention.
Despite advances in the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease, there remains evidence of a disparity in the outcomes for women when compared with men. This article provides a review of the evidence for this discrepancy and discusses some of the potential contributing factors.
Rao et al. (Mon,) conducted a review in Coronary artery disease. Percutaneous coronary intervention vs. Men was evaluated. Women undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention have significantly worse clinical outcomes and higher mortality than men, driven by treatment delays and underuse of evidence-based therapies.
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