Is early invasive treatment of unstable coronary artery disease equally effective for both women and men?
Bo Lagerqvist, MD, PhD*,
K.åge Säfström, MD, PhD ,
Elisabeth Ståhle, MD, PhDc,
Lars Wallentin, MD, PhD*,
Eva Swahn, MD, PhD the FRISC II Study Group Investigators
* Cardiology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
c Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

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Figure 1 The number of patients in relation to randomized strategy, gender and first intervention. CABG = coronary artery bypass graft surgery; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention.
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Figure 2 Cumulative probability of death or myocardial infarction during 12-month follow-up in (A) women and (B) men in relation to randomized strategy (solid line = noninvasive strategy; dotted line = early invasive strategy). ns = not significant.
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