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Significantly Improved Vascular Complications Among Women Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Author(s) -
Bina Ahmed,
Winthrop D. Piper,
David J. Malenka,
Peter VerLee,
John F. Robb,
Thomas Ryan,
Michael Herne,
William J. Phillips,
Harold L. Dauerman
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.621
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1941-7632
pISSN - 1941-7640
DOI - 10.1161/circinterventions.109.860494
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , conventional pci , bivalirudin , vascular closure device , odds ratio , incidence (geometry) , cardiology , surgery , percutaneous , myocardial infarction , physics , optics
Women are at a higher risk for bleeding/vascular complications (VC) related to cardiovascular procedures. Although the overall incidence of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)-related bleeding/VC has declined, the impact of this decline, specifically in women, is unknown.

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