篇名 | Gender and Age Differences in Short- and Long-Term Outcomes Following Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction |
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卷期 | 30:4 |
作者 | Chua, Su-Kiat 、 Shyu, Kou-Gi 、 Hung, Huei-Fong 、 Cheng, Jun-Jack 、 Lo, Huey-Ming 、 Liu, Shih-Chi 、 Chen, Lung-Ching 、 Chiu, Chiung-Zuan 、 Liou, Jer-Young 、 Lee, Shih-Huang |
頁次 | 274-283 |
關鍵字 | Coronary heart disease 、 Gender 、 Myocardial infarction 、 MEDLINE 、 SCI 、 Scopus |
出刊日期 | 201407 |
Background: Studies have reported that women with ST elevationmyocardial infarction (STEMI) have worse shortand long-term outcomes than men. It has not yet been confirmed whether these differences reflect differences in age between men and women. Methods:We retrospectively enrolled 1035 consecutive STEMI patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Baseline clinical characteristics, coronary anatomy, and outcome were compared between young (< 65 years old) and older patients ( 65 years old) of both sexes. Results: Younger women presented with a lower incidence of typical angina (83% vs. 93%, p = 0.03), single-vessel disease (21% vs. 35%, p = 0.03), and total occlusion of infarct-related artery (65% vs. 83%, p = 0.001) than younger men, with no gender difference noted in the older group. Younger women in the study had a higher incidence of reinfarction, heart failure requiring admission, or mortality (23% vs. 6%, p < 0.001) during follow-up, compared with younger men, with no gender difference in the older group. Using the Kaplan-Meier analysis, younger women had lower rates of event-free survival (p < 0.001 by log-rank test) than younger men, with no gender difference in the older group. In multivariate analysis, age could predict long-term outcome in men (Hazard ratio 4.43, 95% confidence interval: 2.89-6.78, p < 0.001) but not in women. Conclusions: In STEMI patients receiving primary PCI, sex-related long-term outcome differences were agedependent, with younger women likely to have a worse long-term outcome when compared with younger men.