Abstract 1517: Does Angiogram Make A Difference In The Outcome Of Acute Coronary Syndrome? A Study On Sex Difference In Outcomes In South America.
HYPOTHESIS. Women presenting with acute coronary syndrome are less likely to have significant coronary artery disease (CAD) than men, which could narrow wide differences in sex outcomes when evaluating the study population as a whole. METHODS. The Prognosis in Acute Coronary Syndromes Registry enrolled 823 patients (591 men and 232 women) who had been hospitalized for an acute coronary syndrome without ST-segment elevation and had undergone cardiac catheterization. We explored sex-based differences in presentation and outcomes, sorted by angiographic groups: obstructive (≥50% stenosis, accordingly to quantitative computerized analysis) versus non-obstructive CAD. Patients were followed up for 6 months. RESULTS. In obstructive CAD, women were older than men (71.4 ± 9.7 versus 64.4 ± 11.1 years, p<0.001), and had significantly higher rates of hypertension (51.9% versus 39.7%, p<0.001). Women were less likely to have smoked (19.3% versus 29.8%, p<0.01). A smaller percentage of women than men had non-ST elevation myocardial infarction as an index event (7.7% versus 22.8%, p<0.001) and positive troponin value (51.3% versus 67.4%, p<0.01). At follow-up women showed no differences in myocardial infarction, rehospitalization for unstable angina or revascularization, but they did suffer an increased rate of cardiovascular death (8.4% versus 3.4%, p<0.01), with a hazard ratio 2.34 (95%CI: 1.13– 4.84, p=0.023). Relation between sex and death remained significant even after adjustment for any confounders (hazard ratio 2.48; 95%CI: 1.19–5.15, p=0.015). In non-obstructive CAD group, the clinical characteristics and prognostic end-points (death: 0% men versus 1% women) did not significantly differ between men and women. CONCLUSIONS. In conclusion, women with obstructive CAD suffer an increased rate of cardiovascular death after acute coronary syndrome. Inclusion of large numbers of women with non-obstructive coronary disease in calculations based on the entire cohort may mistakenly shift results toward apparent outcome similarity with men.