Key result
Women with acute coronary syndrome had more traditional cardiovascular risk factors but less extensive angiographic coronary artery disease than men, with 97.2% of women having a low SYNTAX score versus 92.7% of men.
Why the study?
The incidence of ACS has increased in Dakar, Senegal, with women experiencing higher mortality, but clinical and angiographic sex differences remain unclear.
Do clinical and angiographic characteristics differ between women and men presenting with acute coronary syndrome in Dakar, Senegal?
Observational (n=133)
Yes
Do clinical and angiographic characteristics differ between women and men presenting with acute coronary syndrome in Dakar, Senegal?
Absolute Event Rate: 97.2% vs 92.7%
p-value: p=0.04
In a Senegalese cohort of ACS patients, women presented with a higher burden of metabolic risk factors like hypertension and obesity compared to men, despite having less angiographic extent of disease.
Women with ACS in Senegal may need intensified metabolic risk management; extends sex-difference data to sub-Saharan Africa but leaves open outcome implications.
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Ndao et al. (2022) conducted an observational in Acute Coronary Syndrome (n=133). Female sex vs. Male sex was evaluated on Low SYNTAX score (0-22) (p=0.04). Women with acute coronary syndrome had more traditional cardiovascular risk factors but less extensive angiographic coronary artery disease than men, with 97.2% of women having a low SYNTAX score versus 92.7% of men.
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