Why the study?
Does female sex independently increase 30-day and long-term all-cause mortality in acute myocardial infarction patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention?
Population
3624 acute myocardial infarction patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, 30.6% women.
Comparison
Female sex vs Male sex
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 27 months
Authors
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Suggests that worse post-PCI outcomes in women are driven by baseline comorbidities rather than biological.
Does female sex independently increase 30-day and long-term all-cause mortality in acute myocardial infarction patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention?
Higher mortality rates in women with MI undergoing PCI are driven by older age, comorbidities, and worse clinical presentation rather than female sex itself.
Kanič et al. (2017) studied this question.
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