Research Article

Gender Differences in Long-Term Outcomes of Medical Therapy and Successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions

Table 3

Clinical outcomes in female and male patients during follow-up.

FemaleMale
Medical therapy (n = 177)Successful PCI (n = 127) valueMedical therapy (n = 623)Successful PCI (n = 367) value

Cardiac death (%)12 (6.8)5 (3.9)0.28741 (6.6)14 (3.8)0.066
MI (%)13 (7.3)8 (6.3)0.72352 (8.3)22 (6.0)0.174
TVR (%)17 (9.6)16 (12.6)0.408119 (19.1)49 (13.4)0.020
MACE (%)37 (20.9)28 (21.3)0.810187 (30.0)68 (18.5)<0.001

Values are presented as n (%). MACE, major adverse cardiovascular events; MI, myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; TVR, target vessel revascularization.