Contemporary treatment and adherence to guidelines in women and men with acute coronary syndromes

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-104

  Moriel, Mady ^a   Tzivoni, Dan ^a   Behar, Solomon ^b   Zahger, Doron ^c   Hod, Hanoch ^b   Hasdai, David ^b   Sandach, Amir ^b   Gottlieb, Shmuel ^b,d  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coronary syndromes; Greater; Guidelines; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56449122089     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Ayanian J.Z., and Epstein A.M. Differences in the use of procedures between women and men hospitalized for coronary heart disease. N Engl J Med 325 (1991) 221-225
2. Steingart R.M., Packer M., Hamm P., et al. Sex differences in the management of coronary artery disease. N Engl J Med 325 (1991) 226-230
3. Krumholz H.M., Douglas P.S., Lauer M.S., and Pasternak P.C. Selection of patients for coronary angiography and coronary revascularization early after myocardial infarction: is there evidence for gender bias?. Ann Intern Med 116 (1992) 785-790
4. Clarke K.W., Gray D., Keating N.A., and Hampton J.R. Do women with acute myocardial infarction receive the same treatment as men?. Br Med J 309 (1994) 563-566
5. Lincoff A.M., Califf R.M., Ellis S.G., Sigmon K.N., Lee K.L., and Leimberger J.D. Thrombolytic therapy for women with myocardial infarction: is there a gender gap?. J Am Coll Cardiol 22 (1993) 1780-1787
6. Woodfield S.L., Lundergan C.F., Reiner J.S., et al. Gender and acute myocardial infarction: is there a different response to thrombolysis?. J Am Coll Cardiol 29 (1997) 35-42
7. Chandra N.C., Ziegelstein R.C., Rogers W.J., et al. Observations of the treatment of women in the United States with myocardial infarction: a report from the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction-I. Arch Intern Med 158 (1998) 981-988
8. Marrugat J., Sala J., Masiá R., et al. for the RESCATE Investigators: Mortality differences between women and men following first myocardial infarction. JAMA 280 (1998) 1405-1409
9. Malacrida R., Genoni M., Maggioni A.P., et al. A comparison of the early outcome of acute myocardial infarction in women and men. N Engl J Med 338 (1998) 8-14
10. Hochman J.S., Tamis J.E., Thompson T.D., et al. Sex, clinical presentation, and outcome in patients with acute coronary syndromes. N Engl J Med 341 (1999) 226-232
11. Gottlieb S., Harpaz D., Shotan A., et al. Sex differences in management and outcome after acute myocardial infarction in the 1990s: a prospective observational community-based study. Circulation 102 (2000) 2484-2490
12. Gan S.C., Beaver S.K., Houck P.M., MacLehose R.F., Lawson H.W., and Chan L. Treatment of acute myocardial infarction and 30-day mortality among women and men. N Engl J Med 343 (2000) 8-15
13. MacIntyre K., Stewart S., Capewel S., et al. Gender survival: A population-based study of 201,114 men and women following first acute myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 38 (2001) 729-735
14. Borzak S., and Weaver D. Sex and outcome after myocardial infarction. Circulation 102 (2000) 2458-2459
15. Carrabba N., Santoro G.M., Balzi D., et al. In-hospital management and outcome in women with acute myocardial infarction (data from the AMI-Florence Registry). Am J Cardiol 94 (2004) 1118-1123
16. Glaser R., Herrmann H.C., Murphy S.A., et al. Benefit of an early invasive management strategy in women with acute coronary syndromes. JAMA 288 (2002) 3161-3164
17. Boersma E., Harrington R.A., Moliterno D.J., et al. Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in acute coronary syndromes: a meta-analysis of all major randomised clinical trials. Lancet 359 (2002) 189-198
18. Hochman J.S., and Tamis-Holland J.E. Acute coronary syndromes: does sex matter?. JAMA 288 (2002) 3161-3164
19. Antman E.M., et al., for the writing committee. Guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1999 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction). J Am Coll Cardiol 44 (2004) 671-719
20. Braunwald E., Antman E.M., Beasley J.W., et al. ACC/AHA 2002 Guideline update for the management of patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction-summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina). J Am Coll Cardiol. 40 (2002) 1366-1374
21. Blomkalns A.L., Chen A.Y., Hochman J.S., et al. Gender disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. Large-scale observations from the CRUSADE (Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes With Early Implementation of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines) national quality improvement initiative. J Am Coll Cardiol 45 (2005) 832-837
22. Moriel M., Behar S., Tzivoni D., Hod H., Boyko V., and Gottlieb S. Management and outcomes of elderly women and men with acute coronary syndromes in 2000 and 2002. Arch Intern Med 165 (2005) 1521-1526
23. Vaccarino V., Rathore S.S., Wenger N.K., et al. Sex and racial differences in the management of acute myocardial infarction, 1994 through 2002. N Engl J Med 353 (2005) 671-682
24. Heer T., Gitt A.K., Juenger C., et al. Gender differences in acute non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol 98 2 (2006) 160-166
25. Jani S.M., Montoye C., Mehta R., et al. Sex differences in the application of evidence-based therapies for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction: the American College of Cardiology's Guidelines Applied in Practice projects in Michigan. Arch Intern Med 166 (2006) 1164-1170
26. Acute Coronary Syndromes - Israel 2004 (ACSIS 2004). Ministry of Health Publication No. 242 (April 2005), The Israeli Center for Disease Control (ICDC)