How do age, sex, and comorbidities affect the usage of PCI and long-term cardiovascular risk in post-myocardial infarction patients?
Despite being at higher risk, older patients and those with comorbidities are less likely to receive PCI post-MI, and women have better survival despite receiving less intensive treatment.
Risk of cardiovascular events and mortality after MI increases steeply with age. Although at higher risk, aging patients and those with cardiovascular comorbidities are less likely to receive PCI after MI. Female sex is associated with better survival after MI regardless of less intensive treatment in women.
Kytö et al. (Wed,) studied this question.