Table 2.
Procedural characteristics of ACS patients included in the registry; Merged data according to sex
| Women | Men | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| N = 8,720 (29.8) | N = 20,545 (70.2) | ||
| Indication | |||
| AMI | 4,478/6,882 (65.1) | 11,063/16,217 (68.2) | <0.001 |
| ACS subtype | <0.001 | ||
| STEMI | 2,462/5,635 (43.7) | 6,123/12,852 (47.6) | |
| NSTEMI | 933/5,635 (16.6) | 1,995/12,852 (15.5) | |
| Unstable angina | 2,240/5,635 (39.8) | 4,734/12,852 (36.8) | |
| Access site | <0.001 | ||
| Radial | 2,831/5,393 (52.5) | 7,180/12,843 (55.9) | |
| Femoral | 2,287/5,393 (42.4) | 5,041/12,843 (39.3) | |
| Other | 275/5,393 (5.1) | 622/12,843 (4.8) | |
| Severity CAD | <0.001 | ||
| No CAD | 190/5,583 (3.4) | 313/13,653 (2.3) | |
| Single-vessel | 2,756/5,583 (49.4) | 6,406/13,653 (46.9) | |
| Multi-vessela | 2,637/5,583 (47.2) | 6,934/13,653 (50.8) | |
| Segment involvement | |||
| RCA | 2,292/5,372 (42.7) | 5,419/13,411 (40.4) | 0.004 |
| LAD | 2,755/5,378 (51.2) | 6,629/13,424 (49.4) | 0.022 |
| CX | 1,384/5,372 (25.8) | 4,078/13,426 (30.4) | <0.001 |
| Left main | 174/5,348 (3.3) | 450/13,356 (3.4) | 0.69 |
| Graft | 35/3,464 (1.0) | 191/8,069 (2.4) | <0.001 |
| Number of segments b | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–2) | 0.54 |
| Multi-segment procedure | 1,323/4,730 (28.0) | 3,251/11,393 (28.6) | 0.45 |
| Multi-vessel procedure | 1,081/5,355 (20.2) | 2,799/13,376 (20.9) | 0.26 |
| Implanted stent type | 0.15 | ||
| DES | 2,297/4,031 (57.0) | 5,765/10,144 (56.8) | |
| BMS | 1,042/4,031 (25.8) | 2,602/10,144 (25.7) | |
| Combination of DES and BMS | 425/4,031 (10.5) | 1,002/10,144 (9.9) | |
| Other (including BVS) | 267/4,031 (6.6) | 775/10,144 (7.6) |
ACS acute coronary syndrome, AMI acute myocardial infarction, (N)STEMI (non‑)ST-elevation myocardial infarction, CAD coronary artery disease, RCA right coronary artery, LAD left anterior descending artery, CX circumflex, DES drug-eluting stent, BMS bare-metal stent, BVS bioresorbable vascular scaffold. Continuous variables are expressed as median (interquartile range) values, categorical variables as counts of the total data available in women and men (percentage). Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding
aIncluding two-vessel, three-vessel and left main disease
bData was available in 4,401 women, 10,804 men