Sex Disparities in the Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes: Insights From the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment, Reporting, and Tracking Program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous work has demonstrated disparities in the management of cardiovascular disease among men and women. We sought to evaluate these disparities and their associations with clinical outcomes among patients admitted with acute coronary syndromes to the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.

Methods and results

We identified all patients that were discharged with acute coronary syndromes within the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2022. Medical and procedural management of patients was subsequently assessed, stratified by sex. In doing so, we identified 76 454 unique admissions (2327 women, 3.04%), which after propensity matching created an analytic cohort composed of 6765 men (74.5%) and 2295 women (25.3%). Women admitted wit

SUBMITTER: Sola M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11646537 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature