Revascularization strategies for multivessel coronary artery disease based on sex and age.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study describes coronary revascularization strategies used by sex and age in the USA.

Methods

A sex-stratified cohort study from the National Inpatient Sample from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (USA) including patients admitted for coronary revascularization with primary or secondary diagnoses of chronic coronary syndrome or non-ST elevation myocardial infarction who underwent ≥3-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting or percutaneous coronary intervention from January 2019 to December 2020. The primary outcome was the use rate of coronary artery bypass grafting or multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention. Prespecified subgroups included age and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction.

Results

Among 121 150 patients (21.7% women),

SUBMITTER: Sulaiman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10641124 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature