Gender-related outcome following percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: data from the Austrian acute PCI registry

Abstract

Women have higher in-hospital mortality following PCI for STEMI. On multivariate analysis age, shock, diabetes and TIMI flow, but not gender, were associated with mortality in this national register. Older age and more comorbidity are likely to explain the higher mortality in female patients undergoing P-PCI.