Gender differences in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions: Insights from the PROGRESS-CTO registry

Spyridon Kostantinis, Bahadir Simsek, Judit Karacsonyi, Khaldoon Alaswad, Mir B. Basir, Michael Megaly, Sevket Gorgulu, Oleg Krestyaninov, Dmitrii Khelimskii, Rhian E. Davies, Stewart M. Benton, Jaikirshan J. Khatri, Ahmed M. ElGuindy, Omer Goktekin, Nidal Abi Rafeh, Salman Allana, Emmanouil S. Brilakis, Megha Prasad

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Abstract

Background: There are limited data describing gender differences in patients undergoing chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). Methods: We compared baseline clinical and angiographic characteristics and procedural outcomes between men and women among 9457 CTO PCIs performed at 38 centers between 2012 and 2022. Results: A total of 7687 (81%) men and 1770 (19%) women were treated. Women were older, more likely to have comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension and peripheral arterial disease, and had higher left ventricular ejection fraction. The most common CTO target vessel was the right coronary artery for both men (53%) and women (52%), although the left anterior descending artery was more frequently the target vessel among women (31% vs. 25%; p < 0.001). The J-CTO score (2.4 ± 1.3 vs. 2.2 ± 1.2; p < 0.001) as well as the PROGRESS-CTO score (1.3 ± 1.0 vs. 1.1 ± 1.0; p < 0.001) were higher among men. In female patients, antegrade wiring was more frequently the initial crossing strategy (87.6% vs. 82.4%; p < 0.001) and was more successful in crossing the target lesion (62.7% vs. 54.0%; p < 0.001) compared with men. Interventions in men required longer procedure time and fluoroscopy time, as well as higher air kerma radiation dose and contrast volume when compared to women. Technical (89% vs. 86%; p < 0.001) and procedural (87% vs. 84%; p = 0.003) success rates were higher among women. In-hospital major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) were also higher in women (2.9% vs. 1.8%; p < 0.001). Conclusions: Women undergoing CTO PCI had higher technical and procedural success rates, but also higher in-hospital MACE compared with men.

Original languageEnglish (US)
JournalCatheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
DOIs
StateAccepted/In press - 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • chronic total occlusion
  • gender differences
  • percutaneous coronary intervention

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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