Trends of Incidence, Clinical Presentation, and In-Hospital Mortality Among Women With Acute Myocardial Infarction With or Without Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: A Population-Based Analysis

Conclusions Women presenting with AMI and SCAD appear to be at higher risk of in-hospital mortality. Lower rates of PCI were associated with improved survival, with evidence of worse outcomes when PCI was performed for SCAD in the setting of non with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

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Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions - January 1, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Mahmoud, A. N., Taduru, S. S., Mentias, A., Mahtta, D., Barakat, A. F., Saad, M., Elgendy, A. Y., Mojadidi, M. K., Omer, M., Abuzaid, A., Agarwal, N., Elgendy, I. Y., Anderson, R. D., Saw, J. Tags: Focus on Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Women Source Type: research