Sex-based prognostic implications of nonobstructive coronary artery disease: results from the international multicenter CONFIRM study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the clinical outcomes of women and men with nonobstructive coronary artery disease ( CAD coronary artery disease ) with coronary computed tomographic (CT) angiography data in patients who were similar in terms of CAD coronary artery disease risk factors, angina typicality, and CAD coronary artery disease extent and distribution.

Materials and methods

Institutional review board approval was obtained for all participating sites, with either informed consent or waiver of informed consent. In a prospective international multicenter cohort study of 27 125 patients undergoing coronary CT angiography at 12 centers, 18 158 patients with no CAD coronary artery disease or nonobstructive (<50% stenosis) CAD coronary artery disease were examined. Men and women were

SUBMITTER: Leipsic J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4334228 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature