Why the study?
Does female gender predict higher in-hospital mortality and different angiographic findings compared to male gender in Japanese patients with acute coronary syndrome?
Population
1,740 Japanese patients with acute coronary syndrome who underwent coronary angiography within 30 days of…
Comparison
Female gender vs Male gender
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
In-hospital
Authors
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May warrant sex-specific vigilance in UAP; hypothesis-generating for ACS risk models and requires prospective validation.
Does female gender predict higher in-hospital mortality and different angiographic findings compared to male gender in Japanese patients with acute coronary syndrome?
Female gender is an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality in Japanese patients with unstable angina pectoris, whereas older age may explain the higher mortality in women with acute myocardial infarction.
Oe et al. (2002) studied this question.
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