Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Introduction: Complex Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for the treatment of ischemic heart disease has increased significantly. We aimed to evaluate sex-related differences in patients undergoing complex PCI. Methods: single-center prospective observational study including patients undergoing complex PCI between 2017 and 2023. Baseline and procedural features, and mid-term outcomes were compared according to the gender distribution. The combined primary endpoint included stroke, myocardial infarction, need for a new coronary revascularization, and all-cause mortality. Propensity score (PS) matching with an inverse probability of treatment weight (IPW) approach was used to adjust for differences in baseline characteristics. Results: = 0.03) among female patients. In the overall cohort, female patients had a greater risk for the combined primary endpoint (HR 1.28, 95% CI: 1.02-1.59). In the matched cohort, female patients exhibited a higher risk for the combined primary endpoint (HR 1.23, 95% CI: 1.06-1.42), as well as for myocardial infarction (HR 1.34, 95% CI 1.03-1.75), and all-cause mortality (HR 1.21, 95% CI 1.02-1.45), and a trend towards a higher risk for the need of a new coronary revascularization (HR 1.22, 95% CI 0.92-1.61). Conclusions: in a contemporary cohort of patients undergoing complex PCI procedures, female patients are associated with a higher risk of early complications.
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,295
OpenAlex ID: W4404155501