Table 3.

Cardiac procedures, reperfusion therapy, complications, and death during hospitalization (%)

Procedures and complications	2001/2002		2007		2001/2002+2007		P-valuea	P-valueb
	Females (n=416)	Males (n=387)	Females (n=332)	Males (n=279)	Females (n=748)	Males (n=666)
Cardiac procedures
Exercise bicycle test	5	11	2	2c	4	7	0.04	0.09
Echocardiography	33	42	31	42	32	42	0.02	0.78
Coronary angiography	9	15	20	29	14	21	0.05	0.70
Reperfusion therapy
Thrombolysis	6	5	<1	0	3	3	0.52	0.91
PCI	5	5	14	22	9	12	0.31	0.23
Rescue	1	<1	0	0	<1	<1	0.45	1.00
Primary	4	4	12	20	7	11	0.14	0.34
Elective	<1	0	2	2	1	<1	0.44	1.00
CABG	1	6	2	3	1	4	0.007	0.14
Complications
Reinfarction	2	4c	2	3	2	4	0.01	0.65
Cardiogenic shock	2	3c	2	3	2	3c	0.55	0.94
Hemorrhage requiring transfusion	2	5c	5	5	3	5c	0.07	0.11
Hypotension	11	15c	17	16	14	15c	0.43	0.07
Pulmonary embolism	<1	<1c	2	1	1	<1c	0.45	1.00
Stroke	7	4c	2	4	5	4c	0.45	0.03
Deep vein thrombosis	<1	1c	0	<1	<1	<1c	0.06	1.00
Congestive heart failure	51	51c	19	15	37	36	0.95	0.25
Acute renal failure	3	5c	2	2	3	4c	0.18	0.29
Pneumonia	8	14c	7	7	8	11c	0.03	0.21
Pericarditis	0	<1c	0	<1	0	<1c	0.51	1.00
Death	17	20	20	16	18	18	0.73	0.12

Notes:

^aFor difference between all females and all males (age adjusted);

^bfor time period by sex interaction;

^c1%–5% missing.

Abbreviations: AMI, acute myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting.