TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender differences in acute coronary syndrome in Arab Emirati women - Implications for clinical management
AU - Shehab, Abdulla
AU - Yasin, Javed
AU - Hashim, Muhammad Jawad
AU - Al-Dabbagh, Bayan
AU - Mahmeed, Wael Al
AU - Bustani, Nazar
AU - Agrawal, Amrish
AU - Yusufali, Afzalhussein
AU - Wassef, Adel
AU - Alnaeemi, Abdulla
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Gender differences exist in many aspects of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), including presentation and delay in diagnosis and treatment. The aim of the study was to evaluate gender-related differences in ACS patients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). We analyzed a subset (n = 1697) of the Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE) data collected in 2007 of patients with ACS from 18 UAE hospitals. Women were significantly older (mean age: 64.0 ± 12.4 years for females and 50.9 ± 10.6 years for males, P <.001), more often had cardiac risk factors and were significantly less treated with β-blockers and reperfusion therapy. The adjusted mortality rate of women was 4.6% versus 1.2% in men (P <.001). Heart failure was higher in females compared with men (24.6% vs 12.5%; P <.001). Reasons for the high in-hospital mortality in women need to be investigated further.
AB - Gender differences exist in many aspects of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), including presentation and delay in diagnosis and treatment. The aim of the study was to evaluate gender-related differences in ACS patients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). We analyzed a subset (n = 1697) of the Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE) data collected in 2007 of patients with ACS from 18 UAE hospitals. Women were significantly older (mean age: 64.0 ± 12.4 years for females and 50.9 ± 10.6 years for males, P <.001), more often had cardiac risk factors and were significantly less treated with β-blockers and reperfusion therapy. The adjusted mortality rate of women was 4.6% versus 1.2% in men (P <.001). Heart failure was higher in females compared with men (24.6% vs 12.5%; P <.001). Reasons for the high in-hospital mortality in women need to be investigated further.
KW - United Arab Emirates (UAE)
KW - acute coronary syndrome
KW - gender
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U2 - 10.1177/0003319712443891
DO - 10.1177/0003319712443891
M3 - Article
C2 - 22569405
AN - SCOPUS:84870864035
SN - 0003-3197
VL - 64
SP - 9
EP - 14
JO - Angiology
JF - Angiology
IS - 1
ER -