Sex differences in reperfusion in young patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction: results from the VIRGO study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sex disparities in reperfusion therapy for patients with acute ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction have been documented. However, little is known about whether these patterns exist in the comparison of young women with men.

Methods and results

We examined sex differences in rates, types of reperfusion therapy, and proportion of patients exceeding American Heart Association reperfusion time guidelines for ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction in a prospective observational cohort study (2008-2012) of 1465 patients 18 to 55 years of age, as part of the US Variations in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes of Young AMI Patients (VIRGO) study at 103 hospitals enrolling in a 2:1 ratio of women to men. Of the 1238 patients eligible for reperfusion, women wer

SUBMITTER: D'Onofrio G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4652789 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature