Percutaneous coronary intervention in women: a 10-year analysis

ABSTRACT Background Temporal trends in the female population submitted to percutaneous coronary intervention were evaluated as to clinical, angiographic and procedural aspects, based on analysis of 10-year results of a national registry. The objective of this study was to compare the in-hospital results and clinical outcomes by grouping the sample into three different time frames. Methods The database used was the Central Nacional de Intervencoes Cardiovasculares (CENIC). A total of 59,931 women undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention between 2006 and 2016 [...]