Sex disparities in acute myocardial infarction care and outcomes
Gul B, Kozuma K, Haimi I, Zhao W, Simonton C, Ying S, Buda A, Mehta S, Baumbach A, Lansky A. Sex disparities in acute myocardial infarction care and outcomes. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2018, 92: e341-e347. PMID: 29745453, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.27622.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedChinaClinical Trials as TopicFemaleHealthcare DisparitiesHemorrhageHumansJapanMaleMiddle AgedNon-ST Elevated Myocardial InfarctionPercutaneous Coronary InterventionProduct Surveillance, PostmarketingRegistriesRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSex FactorsST Elevation Myocardial InfarctionStentsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsMajor adverse cardiac eventsAcute myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionTarget vessel failureCause mortalityXience V stentMajor bleedingUS patientsHigher major adverse cardiac eventsSetting of AMIContemporary percutaneous coronary interventionAcute myocardial infarction careDevice-specific outcomesAdverse cardiac eventsMyocardial infarction carePost-market registryCause deathCardiac eventsCoronary interventionMultivariable analysisFemale sexMyocardial infarctionPatient levelSex disparitiesPatientsA prospective, multi‐center study of the chocolate balloon in femoropopliteal peripheral artery disease: The Chocolate BAR registry
Mustapha JA, Lansky A, Shishehbor M, McClure J, Johnson S, Davis T, Makam P, Crowder W, Konstantino E, Attaran RR, Investigators T. A prospective, multi‐center study of the chocolate balloon in femoropopliteal peripheral artery disease: The Chocolate BAR registry. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2018, 91: 1144-1148. PMID: 29513389, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.27565.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAngioplasty, BalloonEquipment DesignFemaleFemoral ArteryHumansMaleMiddle AgedPeripheral Arterial DiseasePopliteal ArteryProduct Surveillance, PostmarketingProspective StudiesRegistriesRisk FactorsStentsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesVascular Access DevicesVascular PatencyConceptsTarget lesion revascularizationPrimary endpointFemoropopliteal peripheral artery diseaseSymptomatic peripheral arterial diseaseExcellent procedural outcomesLower dissection ratePeripheral arterial diseasePeripheral artery diseaseAcute procedural successLong-term outcomesPost-market registryMulti-center studyAngioplasty balloon catheterPercutaneous transluminal angioplasty balloon catheterRutherford classCause mortalityLesion revascularizationMajor amputationArtery diseaseArterial diseaseProcedural successUnplanned amputationBalloon catheterProcedural outcomesProcedure success