Sex Differences in Use of Coronary Revascularization in Elderly Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction A Tale of Two Therapies
Rathore SS, Foody JM, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Sex Differences in Use of Coronary Revascularization in Elderly Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction A Tale of Two Therapies. CHEST Journal 2003, 124: 2079-2086. PMID: 14665483, DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.6.2079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionRisk-standardized ratesPercutaneous coronary interventionCoronary revascularizationElderly patientsCardiac catheterizationRevascularization therapyMedicare patientsCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgerySex differencesMultivariable logistic regression modelCrude overall ratesBypass graft surgeryCoronary revascularization ratesType of therapyMedical record dataLogistic regression modelsRevascularization useCABG surgeryGraft surgeryMultivariable adjustmentRevascularization ratesCoronary interventionHospital admission