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Differences in the Management and Prognosis of Women and Men Who Suffer From Acute Coronary Syndromes

Sonia S. Anand, MD, PhD, FRCPc^_*,_*, Chang Chun Xie, MSc, PhD^_*, Shamir Mehta, MD, MSc, FRCPc^_*, Maria Grazia Franzosi, Biol ScD, Campbell Joyner, MD, FRCPc, Susan Chrolavicius, BSc^_*, Keith A.A. Fox, MD, FRCP, Salim Yusuf, DPhil, FRCPc^_* for the CURE Investigators

^_* Department of Medicine and Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Department of Cardiovascular Research, Mario Negri Institute, Milan, Italy
Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

View larger version (18K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 High-risk acute coronary syndrome patients. Open bars = women; solid bars = men. Significant coronary artery disease (CAD) by angiography indicates triple-vessel disease or left main disease. *p < 0.005. CABG = coronary artery bypass graft surgery; CVD = cardiovascular disease; MI = myocardial infarction; PTCA = percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Refractory ischemia and rehospitalization by gender and Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk. Adjusted for treatment allocation and region. Solid line = women; dashed line = men. *Note: p for interaction between TIMI risk and gender = 0.001.