Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Women 50 Years or Younger.

ABSTRACT: Background Prior research has shown higher mortality in women with severe coronary artery disease compared with men, particularly in younger patients. It is unknown if this could be attributable to an adverse risk factor profile. Methods and Results In a population-based cohort study, we included all adults ≤50 years of age (932 women and 4514 men) who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting from 1995 to 2013 from the SWEDEHEART (Swedish Web System for Enhancement and Development of Evidence-Based Care in Heart Disease Evaluated According to Recommended Therapies) register. Following inverse probability of treatment weighting, we investigated differences between women and men. Women had a higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors compared with men. There was no difference in early

SUBMITTER: Dalen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6818006 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature